So, we didn’t quite make a million solar PV homes, but not far off! It is particularly poignant for me to reflect on the closure of the feed-In tariff today having campaigned successfully in...
The feed-in tariff (FiT) has marked a period in the solar industry rife with extreme highs and lows. From growing the UK industry to be a fierce competitor to the solar giants across the world, to it...
“I think it was necessary to stimulate the industry and it certainly did that. It created a supply chain,” Roberts says, adding that the industry wouldn’t have been established in the same way...
“The industry exploded,” Noble says, describing the time as a “gold rush”. The government’s plans to deliver 1MW over the course of the five-year FiT was exceeded in the first 9 months, creating a...
Generation in Scotland was 26,708 GWh, a 6.1 per cent increase on the previous record in 2017. This output of electricity was the equivalent of powering all households in Scotland for more than...
It then became the blueprint for the Feed-in Tariff, the scheme through which over 800,000 installations would register to receive payment for the energy they share back to the grid.
Within that guidance was the clarification that homes with solar already installed that then added battery storage units or smart meters would continue to receive deemed export tariff payments, a...
The data survey, carried out by YouGov for Climate Action, found that a clear majority were in favour of continuing the solar export tariff rather than abolish it.
Back in 2010 the Government launched its feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme which financially supported households with solar power facilities that fed back excess electricity to the national grid. Great...
The renewable energy generated will return an income to the Council through the Feed in Tariff mechanism and be connected to the local Archive Centre and leisure centre. The facility will be housed...
In consultations in late July this year, the U.K. Government proposed ending both the feed-in tariff (FIT) and export tariff schemes. The policy changes would end financial compensation for prosumers...
Unlike the fracking announcement, the FIT subsidy axe wasn’t even presented to parliament, even though the mechanism has underpinned the dramatic expansion of solar provision that the generation...
The UK government has confirmed it will close the small-scale feed-in tariff (FiT) on 31 March 2019 as planned and, crucially, close the export tariff to new installations at the same time.
Carnegie has stated that grant support and the feed-in tariff support for wave energy had been removed over the last two years "and that has led to the situation we have today where we have a...
8 February 2016 is a date reviled by the UK’s domestic solar industry. On that day a revised version of the small-scale feed-in tariff came into effect. It’s a date that will be firmly etched into UK...
Renewables industry groups, including RenewableUK (R-UK) have called on the UK government to provide clarity on the future of the feed-in tariff (FiT), which is currently set to close in 2019.
This article updates the FIT load factor analysis presented in the December 2016 edition of Energy Trends with data for FIT year seven.
With the Renewables Obligation scheme now closed to new installations, residential deployment under the feed-in tariff limited and subsidy-free schemes only just beginning to come through planning,...
The response also backs the idea of an Energy Saving Incentive scheme – where there is financial reward for making efforts to reduce energy use. This is along the lines of an energy efficiency...
The outcome of a long-awaited consultation into changes to Feed-in Tariffs (Fits) support for anaerobic digestion has done little to dispel a relatively gloomy outlook for the sector.
Wind and AD technologies have been hardest hit by the latest round of quarterly Feed-in Tariffs cuts (degression), according to official figures.
Carnegie expects to take advantage of the marine energy feed-in tariff (FiT) in the UK of an estimated GBP 305 per MWh for the second stage of the project, it said.
“The Tory cuts to the UK renewables sector – including dramatically cutting feed-in tariffs and subsidies for domestic installation – are nonsensical and a damaging backwards step in our efforts to...
The revised Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) available to new anaerobic digestion plant could be even more heavily restricted than first thought, according to an analysis of Ofgem figures by the UK’s Anaerobic...
"Without a feed in tariff, it is very difficult to calculate the profitability of a wave energy power plant in a region in question and to commercialise the market. Wave energy is kind of the 'new...
Germany added a mere 50.4 megawatts of solar in February, but much of that was simply newly registered, not newly built. The UK market, Europe’s biggest last year, also slowed down considerably.
Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association chief executive Charlotte Morton said: “Surpassing the first quarter’s FiT cap in just 15 minutes – and almost three times over by the end of the day...
That is according to recent market projections from Norvento, manufacturer of the nED100 100kW turbine and a pioneer of on-site generation technologies. The findings have been shared after a further...
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Featherstone have both laid motions in an attempt to block the government’s controversial feed-in tariff cuts.
Just before Parliament rose for the Christmas break, the Department for Energy and Climate Change published its eagerly-awaited response to its comprehensive review of the Feed-in Tariff.
The capacity factor for solar PV was about 10% and that for small wind turbines about twice that of solar PV at about 20%.[more]
Special feature article from the December 2015 edition of Energy Trends statistical publication.
“Secondly caps to the number of turbines which can be built, hidden in the detail of the review, mean, for example, that just three 50-100kW machines and three 1,500kW machines can be deployed every...
The UK government’s Department for Energy & Climate Change has published its response to the Feed in Tariff review consultation, which includes a commitment to re-introduce pre-accreditation for...
2016 Feed-in Tariff levels for homeowners and small businesses increased significantly on proposals
The UK could build 140 new biomethane plants by 2021, with the combined potential to heat almost 500,000 homes, thanks to additional funding for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), the Anaerobic...
3.8GW of TIC and 666,152 installations have accredited as at 30 September 2015.
This document sets out the tariff rates for the Feed-in Tariff scheme from 1 January 2016 to 31 March 2016, for photovoltaic installations only.
Number of installations and total installed capacity by technology type at the end the latest quarter.
Conservative MP for Somerton and Frome David Warburton has become the latest Tory politician to criticise his own party’s stance on renewables, slamming proposals to cut the feed-in tariff as...
The truth is stability reduces the cost of capital. It makes stuff cheaper over time because investors believe that their investments are safe. The capital markets love trust. Being trustworthy is...
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson expressed concerns about the impacts of the severe cut to the Feed in Tariff by 87 per cent, and ordered his officers to undertake an assessment of the deployment...
Cumulative installation numbers and capacity of schemes under 5MW installed in Great Britain.
The response, issued today, lays bare government thinking behind a proposed 87% reduction to the small-scale feed-in tariff.
Energy secretary Amber Rudd and minister Andrea Leadsom have faced mounting pressure to revisit highly contentious feed-in tariff proposals as MPs across the country’s political parties criticised...
The economics behind George Osborne’s decision to make cuts to a series of green policies are “bonkers”, former energy and climate change secretary Ed Davey has told the Guardian.
The chairman of the Solar Trade Association Scotland has voiced fierce criticism over the government's recent proposals to cut the feed-in tariff for solar PV by almost 90% but has expressed his hope...
This seems not so much a consultation as an ultimatum: accept interim cuts or the whole thing goes now, but it will end anyway.
“To continue to expand the industry needs viable support in the forthcoming FiT review, and an RHI budget which will support new green gas.”
A U.K. alliance of 100 organisations representing tens of thousands of workers, small businesses, retailers, farming groups, co-operatives and local government representatives has written to the...
Now the feed-in tariff is under threat. This is the scheme that allows individuals like you and me, as well as thousands of schools, hospitals, libraries and small businesses to install solar panels...
Number of community and school installations (and associated capacity), split by type of accreditation granted, as at end June 2015.
Consultation on removing preliminary accreditation from the Feed-in Tariff (FITs).
We regularly publish a range of reports on the Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) and its associated activity.
We regularly publish a range of reports on the Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) and its associated activity.
In a nutshell, the UK overpays wind power in particular because big utilities with big expectations for returns run the show, whereas new players and communities have largely driven the German wind...
More than half (56%) considered the feed-in tariff to be the most important policy and should be a top priority for the incoming government, just a day after new statistics suggested that the...
The Government’s consultation on its proposals for the transferability of FiT payments will close on January 5th, 2015.
This week, one particular rumour has spread like wildfire throughout the sector with a steady flow of emails and calls directed our way, each one asking: is DECC really going to scrap the feed-in...
Ofgem has confirmed that all tariff bands
Number of installations and total installed capacity by technology type at the end the latest quarter.
Updated tables on Feed-in Tariffs including Chinese offshore wind tariffs announced in June 2014 and Egyptian wind and solar tariffs.
Companies claiming £132 million in damages from the Department of Energy and Climate Change have rejected the department’s claim that the changes to the feed-in tariff scheme it enacted in 2011 would...
The south west leads the way in small and community scale renewables and renewable heat. Our natural resources, partnership working to overcome barriers and excellent supply chain has helped us...
Since the domestic RHI launched in April 2014, I’ve been hearing people saying that the domestic RHI ‘isn’t such a good return as the feed-in tariff (FiT).
The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) could develop a new feed-in tariff (FiT) rate under plans putout for consultation on Tuesday.
The Feed in Tariff has been a great catalyst for the hydro industry. Unlike solar, wind or AD, it has an almost entire UK industrial base which has been stimulated by the FiT. A hydro scheme is 80%...
DECC, Ofgem and industry have been working for years on the Domestic RHI, and its launch today is a major milestone for the Government’s green policy record. Households off the gas grid now have a...
The Strategy makes clear DECC want this market to grow over the next few years, so it will be key to change the feed-in tariff reduction triggers and the upper tariff band to enable this. We can fix...
End-market demand was said to have been driven by Japan and the UK, which combined accounted for more than one-third of demand globally as well as setting new quarterly records for PV deployed.
In a remarkable piece of double-think Caroline Flint, Labour's energy spokesperson, has declared that nuclear power in the shape of Hinkley C is 'cheaper than other forms of renewable energy'. This...
We show, using policy analysis and socioeconomic considerations including uncertainty, that in the first phase, it is beneficial to focus on establishing support policy instruments which reduce risk...
Highest Wind Prices in Europe—But Are They Too High?[more]
Even the German feed-in rates for smaller solar pv arrays have been reduced to well below the contract price being offered to EDF etc in the UK (see link at the bottom of this post). In addition,...
An energy department spokesman attempted to calm the sector’s fears, insisting: “No one is talking about changing support for large-scale renewables or Feed in Tariffs, which are essential for...
Community-owned windfarms on some of Scotland's remotest islands are likely to gain from a new deal to buy their electricity at a higher price, Ed Davey, the energy and climate secretary, has said.
The mid-July press release from Britain’s Department of Energy & Climate Change announcing the launch of long awaited feed-in tariffs for residential heating system was fairly straightforward. The...[more]
The tariff levels have been set at 7.3p/kWh for air source heat pumps; 12.2p/kWh for biomass boilers; 18.8p/kWh for ground source heat pumps and at least 19.2 p/kWh for solar thermal.
Aspiring communities across the nation will be able to receive Feed-in Tariff (FITs) payments for the clean green energy generated by larger community energy projects, under new plans set out by the...
This document sets out the tariff rates for the Feed-in Tariff scheme from 1 July 2013 to 30 September 2013, for photovoltaic installations only.
This report analyses Feed in Tariff data on confirmed installations for the first 3 years of the scheme (April 2010 to March 31st 2013). The data analysed is based on confirmation date data from...
The CfD is essentially a financial support mechanism for low-carbon generators in the form of a contract between the generator and a government-owned counterparty. The CfD will eventually replace...
Feed-in tariffs, the terminology at least, has come of age. The term can now be found in a prolific English novelist’s most recent book. Jasper Fforde’s use of the words in fiction is an open...[more]
The latest photovolatic FIT Payment Rate Table was published 30 April 2013. The latest non-photovolatic FIT Payment Rate Table was published 1 February 2013.
For Eligible Installations with an Eligibility Date on or After 1 May 2013 and before 1 July 2013
As of the 1st April 2013 the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) rate for new installations of the Evance R9000 small wind turbine increased in line with the retail price index to 21.65 pence per kWh generated and...
This report provides information in respect of the second year of the scheme (1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012). It includes information relating to how Licensed Electricity Suppliers have complied with...
“The Government should adopt an internationally effective, tried and tested method of cost-effectively promoting renewable electricity – the Fixed Feed-in Tariff.”. .
The government’s new consultation on Electricity Demand Reduction includes a range of options including a premium payment, or electricity efficiency FiT, that will pay projects for reducing...
Premium payments for each kilowatt–hour saved by anyone installing energy-efficient equipment are the centrepoint of new proposals for reducing energy demand published by DECC. The payments would...
Focal aspects of the consultation include whether financial incentives can deliver cost effective reductions that are beneficial to society as a whole (including both market wide and more targeted...
The First Minister told the RenewableUK conference in Glasgow that a refreshed Renewables Routemap aims to see 50 per cent of Scotland’s electricity demand met from green power by 2015 - a new,...
Conservative State of Indiana First Out of the Gate with Coal Gas Tariff--British Nuclear Tariffs Expected Shortly . . .[more]
WWF & Green Alliance Say Feed-in Tariffs Best for UK Because They "Employ Competition"--Proposal to Cut Electricity Consumption 40% or 155 TWh per year . . .[more]
The first leader of a major British political party to really push the Green agenda to the forefront of British politics was David Cameron. . .
Alan Simpson, former MP for Nottingham South and leader of the parliamentary campaign for British feed-in tariffs, deconstructs the coalition government's proposal to create "contracts for...
The new book by Labour Party leaders is about power and power relations. About the choices people have to power their homes and businesses. About influencing the cost of energy. And about local...
The survey found significant differences in the quality of FiT service offered by energy companies to people generating their own electricity, with smaller, specialist suppliers coming out on top....
Use of feed-in tariffs by no less than the London School of Economics, who are strong believers in putting private capital to work, is a powerful signal. As one recent grad put it, if nothing else...
Expected to do the Same in 2012 New Feed-in Tariffs for 2013 The 2010 launch of Britain's feed-in tariff program has pushed the country ahead of the US in the installation of small wind turbine...[more]
The U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has published a consultation on enhancements to the nation's Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), as well as making minor changes to the nation's...
EDF and government officials will negotiate the so-called strike price for new nuclear power plants by the end of the year. To ensure the Paris-based utility makes a final decision on a new reactor...
While some states and provinces make data on renewable energy development as difficult as possible to locate, the British government provides a web site to track the performance of their feed-in...
The drastic cuts in feed-in tariffs for solar power in the UK reduced installations by nearly 60 percent in April, putting the government far behind its target of 22 gigawatts of PV for 2020. . .
Churches exploring solar pv should note that buildings with an Energy Performance Certificate rating of less than D will get a reduced tariff rate. Calls have previously been made to examine possible...
World First--British Feed-in Tariffs for Renewable Heat Solar DHW Tariff Scheduled for Fall 2012[more]
To reduce energy use and costs most effectively, we propose a counterintuitive policy approach: pay for demand reduction, even if rational electricity consumers are already incentivised to reduce...
Warns against FITs Based on Premiums above the Wholesale Cost[more]
Raises All Other Tariffs 4.8% Program Installs 140 MW in First 14 Months[more]
A research paper commissioned by CSE drawing on peer-reviewed articles and government-funded analysis to address some of the concerns that are expressed in relation to wind power. . .
In a potentially precedent-setting move for the English-speaking world, Great Britain's ruling coalition proposes abandoning its long-running experiment with so-called "market reforms" of the...[more]
Solar Domestic Hot Water and Pipeline Injection of Biogas Included[more]
Less than two months after Britain's Labour Party launched its highly regarded feed-in tariff program, the newly elected conservative government has announced the program will be expanded. The...[more]
There is a growing backlash against Cambridge professor and Guardian columnist George Monbiot's unprecedented attack on solar PV. Monbiot's attack from the left blindsided renewable advocates who...[more]
First Solar Domestic Hot Water and Renewable Heating Tariffs Worldwide Tariffs Indexed to Inflation Residential Income Tax Exempt[more]
Proposes World's Highest Tariffs for Small Wind Turbines[more]
The Queen gave her "royal assent" to Britain's long-debated Energy Bill on November 26, 2008, putting into law Britain's commitment to dramatically cut its greenhouse gas emissions. The Energy...[more]
In a major new report on offshore wind, Britain's Carbon Trust argues that feed-in tariffs are simpler to administer, provides greater certainty to investors, and cost less than the existing...[more]
In a startling reversal, Britain's Labour government has put on the table a feed-in tariff proposal for "microgeneration". The proposed feed-in tariffs will pay homeowners, farmers, and community...[more]
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has never been known as a hot bed of progressive thought--it has long been dismissive of renewable energy for example--or accurate oil price forecasts for...[more]
The international accounting firm, Ernst & Young, has concluded that Germany's system of feed-in tariffs delivers more renewable energy at lower cost to consumers than Britain's Renewable...[more]
The Renewables Obligation, the general case for a feed-in tariff and the feasibility of a feed-in tariff for small renewables. . .
From the desk of Miguel Mendonça 38 Brecknock Road Knowle Bristol BS4 2DD Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 1 Victoria Street London SW1H 0ET Miguel...[more]
Alan Simpson MP (Labour) in the Commons 21 March 2007 My thanks to Dave Eliott of the Open University for sending this item along.--Paul Gipe ...by far the most successful intervention...[more]
The report by Britain's Sir Nicholas Stern on the economics of climate change asserts that electricity feed laws, like those in Germany, France, and Spain, have produced larger deployments of...[more]
The following letter appeared in the October 20, 2006 edition of the Guardian We call upon the Government to adopt the 'feed-in tariff' mechanism for renewable energy. This is established and...[more]
The following letter appeared in the October 20, 2006 edition of the Guardian We call upon the Government to adopt the 'feed-in tariff' mechanism for renewable energy. This is established and...[more]
For North American's it's seems unthinkable. Maybe it's a sign of the seriousness of the energy situation confronting the world. Or maybe it's just old-fashioned politics at work. The people...[more]
Britain's Carbon Trust has issued a stinging report on the the country's Renewable Obligation and the likely failure of the RO to reach the UK's renewable target. And in a dramatic departure from...[more]
On the Improvement of the British Renewable Energy Policy
CMI Working Paper 70 by Lucy Butler and Karsten Neuhoff, University of Cambridge[more]
This article reviews some planning and financial conditions facing wind power development in the UK. Overall the 2002-2003 period has seen a big increase in planning consents. . .
The UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has released the official quarterly statistics for solar installations in 2012. Under the newly-introduced capacity trigger mechanism, the...
In a letter to the prime minister seen by the Guardian, Hain wrote: "Several sovereign wealth funds have already expressed interest in financing the £30bn project, as long as government signals its...
A Comparison of the Renewable Obligation in England and Wales and the Feed-In System in Germany. . .
