How much can you earn from solar in your town?

From April 1st the Feed-in-Tariff, that pays you for generating your own electricity from solar panels (whether you use it yourself or not) will drop to 14.38p/kWh, but what does that mean in your area?
Based on the Energy Saving Trusts' calculations you can see how much you should expect to earn and save in your region each year:

• Scotland: £624
• North East: £635
• North West: £650
• Yorkshire: £643
• East Midlands: £655
• West Midlands: £661
• Wales: £667
• East of England: £672
• London: £688
• South East: £718
• South West: £742

Remember, these are estimates for a 4kW system, and the FiT is index-linked and should increase year upon year with inflation.


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£30 billion needed for UK offshore wind farms

The UK's offshore wind power developers need £30 billion pounds if the UK is to meet its renewable energy targets by 2020.

That's according to Price Waterhouse Coopers - global accountancy firm in an article by Bloomberg.

It cites the figure of 12 gigawatts of generating capacity being required by 2020 compared with just 0.3 gigawatts installed last year.

I don't think cookie sales are going to help on this one but Price Waterhouse Coopers global energy advisor, thankfully, has other ideas on how the money could be raised.

Click here to read the full article.

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