Get paid to produce your own energy! UK feed-in tariffs on the way…
Renewables just got a lot more interesting.
From April this year, a scheme will be launched that encourages British homes and small businesses to generate renewable electricity by paying you to produce it.
That means paying you for every unit you produce, up to 5 MWh a year — even what you use yourself.
It makes £0 energy bills a reality, and turns solar panels and wind turbines into an investment that can potentially generate you an 8% return.
“Clean Energy Cashback” is what Ed Milliband calls it. It’s not a new idea: elsewhere it’s called a Feed-In Tariff, and has boosted wind and solar electricity production in Germay, Spain, Denmark and elsewhere. Many said it wouldn’t happen in the UK: with 63 other schemes in place worldwide, we’re playing catch-up. But a look at the plans reveals that we’re getting a scheme with a few differences.
So let’s look at our new way of selling energy to ourselves. Is it good for homes, for businesses, and if not, why do we need it?





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