Households could earn up to £25,000 over 25 years
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Families can earn £900 a year by installing solar panels on their roof as part of a new government scheme
Under the deal, which will start from April this year, households will be paid for electricity fed into the grid from renewable technologies such as solar, wind or energy from waste.
The most attractive rate of return will be on solar panels, which for an average sized three bedroom home could earn households £25,000 over 25 years.
Ed Miliband, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, said he expected that one in 10 homes will have installed renewable power on their homes in the next decade.
He pointed out that the payments would be tax-free and a return of up to 9 per cent annually was better than any bank could provide.
However campaigners said the scheme, that will add around £11 on the average household bill by 2020 as electricity companies recoup the costs from everyone, is just another “green tax”.
The deal, called feed-in tariffs, will ensure that any households or building that invest in installing renewable electricity, should be paid a good rate of return.
The panels cannot provide a home’s entire energy needs as they only work in daylight and the energy they generate cannot be stored.
Mr Miliband said he expected the number of people with solar panels alone to increase from 10,000 today to 700,000 by 2020.
“The guarantee of getting an income on top of saving on energy bills will be an incentive to householders and communities wanting to make the move to low carbon living,” he said.
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Organic Clothing
2010 02 17
if some one can tell me the method of making cheap solar panel he should reply me for help me.How can i build solar panel in home?
Organic Clothing
dentistry in Sydney
2010 02 19
I am doing a science fair experiment on solar panels. The experiment is testing at which direction does a solar panel receive the most sunlight. I need four solar panels for sure. I would also need something that determines the amount of energy a solar panel is receiving.
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Clinical psychologist Brisbane
2010 02 25
Yes, the solar panel should also generate electricity. This sounds like a modern and very efficient home. Kudos to you for thinking so green. Condenser boilers are great, they are energy efficient as they only heat water when you need it.
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