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Are Energy Efficient Home Improvements a Waste of Time?
In the modern world, especially in a time of economic hardship, we are all suffering. Money is tight and getting even tighter as bills rise, so why should we be bothered with pointless measures for energy efficiency. Why should we waste our hard earned cash on measures that don’t bring any direct return? This article […]
Guide to Solar Photovoltaic and the Feed-In Tariff
With the introduction of the Feed-In Tariff (FIT) in 2010 you can now get paid generously for generating your own electricity at home using solar photovoltaic (PV). Such a scheme has existed for many years in Germany and has been introduced in the UK to help our government achieve its legally binding target of 15% […]
Installing Solar Panels at Your Home
Solar panels or photovoltaic cells are one of the greenest, most low maintenance and most cost effective forms of renewable energy. Whilst they are quite expensive to install, the running costs are low are there is very little maintenance required. They are often described as “fit and forget” systems.
Guide to Feed-In Tariffs – What You Need to Know
As part of the Energy Act 2008 the government introduced a new incentive to encourage energy consumers to generate some of their own energy from renewable energy sources such as solar power or wind power. This is known as the feed-in tariff. A consumer is paid a subsidy for any energy produced which is from […]
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