Solar PV

Generate your own electricity - goodbye huge electricity bills! It´s payback time for your energy supplier…

• Provide around 50% of your annual electricity needs

• Save around £200 per year in electricity costs

• Earn around £600 per year through new feed-in tariffs

• Benefit from a grant up to £2,500 towards the cost – offer ends April 2010

• Short payback period

Solar PV systems provide householders with a long term means to harness the suns energy, lower their carbon emissions, save money, and make money.

With an expected lifespan of at least 35 years with very minimal maintenance, your solar PV system promises to be an investment that pays off.

Provide around 50% of your annual electricity needs and save around £200 per year in electricity costs:

A typical 2kW solar PV system can provide around 50% of the annual electricity requirements of an average household and save around £200 per year on your electricity bill!

• How can the sun save me money?

Radiation from the sun (solar radiation) can be used to generate electricity. PV panels, normally mounted on the roof or walls of the building are made from one or two layers of semi-conducting material. When solar radiation hits the PV panel it creates an electric field across the layers. The stronger the solar radiation, the more electricity is produced – even on a cloudy day!

Earn around £600 per year through 2010 feed-in tariff rates:

The added benefit of installing a solar PV system through the Heat Project is that you will be eligible for the proposed new feed-in tariff, which is set to commence in April 2010 – BUT if you have solar PV installed before this date, you can still benefit from this tariff now!

• What are feed in tariffs?

Feed in tariff rates are a government incentive to encourage households to fit solar PV systems sooner rather than later. Each year after April 2010, the rate you earn through the feed-in tariff will reduce, but only if you have a newly installed solar PV system. This means, if you have solar PV fitted today you will be fixed on the optimal feed in tariff rate for the next 25 years, securing your financial investment and return. If you delay and have solar PV fitted in 2012 you would have missed out on around £4000 cash, generated from a feed-in tariff at the 2010 rate after 25 years.

• So how much could I earn through feed-in tariffs?

Energy companies are obliged to purchase renewable generated electricity, so householders that install solar PV can earn 36.5p* per kW generated, whether consumed within the home or exported to the grid – and for the electricity that you do export to the grid, you can earn an additional minimum of 5p per kWh.

To provide an example of this, a 2kWp** system can be expected to generate around 1,680 kW of electricity per annum, equating to an income of around £650 per year based on the 2010 feed-in tariff rate, on top of the savings from not having to purchase as much electricity from the national grid!

For an accurate understanding of what you could earn through the feed in tariff, call the Heat Project Solar to discuss your system requirements and current electricity usage.

Benefit from a grant up to £2,500 towards the cost:

Thanks to the Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP), you are eligible for a grant towards the total cost of your solar PV installation to an overall maximum of £2,500, depending on the size of the system installed. The LCBP grant will be phased out in April 2010, or possibly earlier, when the aforementioned feed in tariffs will be officially introduced. The grants are allocated on a first come first served basis, so have solar PV installed today to doubly benefit before it’s too late!

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*41.3p per kW has been announced by the government as the new feed in tariff rate for domestic electricity generation.

** kWp = ´kilowatt peak´ refers to the peak performance of a solar panel working under ideal conditions. It is a standardised test for panels across all manafacturers so that the performance of solar panels can be compared.