Wednesday 15 February 2012

FiT reforms causing conflicting opinions

The feed in tariff's (FiTs), are again causing problems for the Government after they announced that they will reform them this has raised conflicting opinions, with one company declaring the reforms favour solar power and ignore wind energy. The government last week announced plans to ensure the future of the Feed-in Tariffs scheme to make it more predictable, stating that transparency, longevity and certainty are at the heart of the new improved scheme.

The DECC announced that the reforms would provide greater confidence to consumers and industry investing in exciting renewable technologies such as solar power, anaerobic digestion, micro-CHP, wind and hydro power. "A proposal to develop a small hydro or wind project can take up to two years to achieve planning consent and a further year to complete. Anaerobic digesters can take just as long. Pre-registration would help smooth this process to guarantee a viable project." Read more ...
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