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Feed-in tariff likely to boost microgeneration
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 10th November 2008 at 10:44 am
How lovely (and how rare) to be applauding an announcement from the Government. Not only has the newly appointed energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, just committed the UK to the 80 per cent cuts in greenhouse gases by 2050 that scientists say we need, but he’s also promised a feed-…
Posted in: General, Solar electricity, Wind turbines
Measure the wind before you install a turbine
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 5th August 2009 at 9:08 am
Product and installation standards for domestic wind turbines are needed, as are improved wind speed prediction and better site assessments. These are some of the key conclusions of the Energy Saving Trust's microwind research published in July. On measuring the wind speed, EST recommends that, …
Posted in: Wind turbines
Existing generators angry at feed-in cuts to income
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 15th September 2009 at 8:32 am
Feed-in tariffs are designed to incentivise people to invest in renewable sources of energy generation. Yet, the government's proposals will give much lower rates to existing microgenerators, leading to a cut in income for many. This seems a perverse move from government. The numbers of micro wi…
Posted in: General, Hydro electricity, Solar electricity, Wind turbines
Good news on grants and feed-in tariffs
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 1st September 2010 at 2:22 pm
Many schools and community groups are being told they can claim the feed-in tariff and keep grants received under the Low Carbon Building Programme, following months of uncertainty. Under threat of having to pay back their grant many organisations faced financial difficulty. Their calculations pr…
Posted in: General
Feed-in tariff registration: why is it taking so long?
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 3rd September 2010 at 9:55 am
I've heard a number of complaints from people about how long it's taking to register their solar or wind installation for the feed-in tariff, so when I was talking to Ofgem about grants this week, I asked about that too. It appears that the delay is mostly in migrating installations that were reg…
Posted in: General
Wind and solar electricity: a practical DIY guide
Posted by Max Sillars on 27th September 2010 at 9:34 am
So many guides to wind and solar electricity repeat the same high level principles that by now we all know, and then fizzle out into lists of pricey sounding specialist consultancies. Not Andy Reynolds! This is definitely the best guide I've read over the last decade. The layout of the informati…
Posted in: Solar electricity, Wind turbines
How grid-connected home-generated electricity works
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 2nd February 2011 at 8:45 am
Understanding how a home microgeneration system switches from solar PV (or wind) generated power to mains electricity and back again is much simpler than you might think. It's all completely automatic and requires no human intervention. The system comes with an inverter, which converts the home g…
Posted in: Green Electricity
How to choose the best wind turbine for your site.
Posted by Graham Eastwick on 28th June 2011 at 2:40 pm
There are a wide variety of wind turbines on the market today. These split in to two main categories: horizontal axis akin to the old fashion wind mills and vertical axis turbines. Most installations use a horizontal axis, vertical axis turbines are most often found in urban environments. Below a…
Posted in: Wind turbines
Costs to consider when installing a wind turbine
Posted by David Hunt on 20th December 2010 at 9:57 am
No renewable energy technology seems to provoke as much controversy as wind turbines. People love them or hate them. As far as performance goes, a wind turbine can be the most efficient generator of green electricity, or the worst! With wind turbines location is everything. Don't just take my …
Posted in: Wind turbines
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