Comments on: The UK Feed-In Tariff Saga Continues…

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:08:00 +0000

Thanks!

By: Galvanically Isolated

Galvanically Isolated — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:05:00 +0000

The FIT payment is not paid through tax revenue and in fact has nothing to do with the government at all (you to yave been taken in by the blatant lies). It is paid out of the energy companies vast profits. What you should be much more concerned about, are the much larger amounts of power subsidy that are being paid directly from the tax payers pocket. If you don’t believe in subsidising power generation and you managed to get this henious practice stopped, your lights would go off as of now and not be coming back on any time soon (unless you installed solar PV). The nuclear and wind industry is funded to the tune of tens of billions every year paid for by you, (presuming that you actually pay any tax).
BTW a 4kw system means that on average you will halve the amount of electricity you use (and therefore halve the amount has to be generated for your use) over 25 years. only a bitter, jelous, zealot would think that was “silly”.

By: Rational voice

Rational voice — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:51:00 +0000

The return to the investor of the nominal 4kW system is skewed by the FiT subsidy payment which is made by taxpayers. I cannot understand why we believe that a 20 year inflation adjusted taxpayer funded subsidy should be made to anyone buying PV panels. Absolutely silly!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:53:00 +0000

The UK’s peak demand is about 50 GW in the winter, when solar is almost useless, vs. about 40 GW in the summer.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:53:00 +0000

But standard grids already have summer only peak power plants. How would that be much different? It may even cancel out the need for them.

By: Galvanically Isolated

Galvanically Isolated — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:22:00 +0000

Could you please substantiate your “90%” People who actually have the good sense to do their research instead of repeating lies and hearsay, will verify that a 4kw south facing system will generate around 3500kwh per annum, this will save you about £500 PA (if you use it all) at current electricity prices and will pay you around £700 in FIT payments. Looks more like 60/40% to me. Your response would be welcome, though unlikely.

By: Matter26

Matter26 — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:20:00 +0000

90% of the income for solar projects is the FIT subsidy. And the real disaster for solar in the UK is that it is barely useful: making too much in summer and too little in winter, meaning we need winter only power stations. Which guarantees we’ll lock in coal, gas or expensive imported electricity in winter.

Why not use the subsidy for technology which is cheaper and useful in the UK?

I agree that the government has handled the scale down badly, but it was a stupidly thought out policy to begin with.