Friday, April 23, 2010

We're Going Solar!





In about 2 weeks we should have a roof full of PV solar panels. They are being provided FREE by a local company called A Shade Greener. The Governments new Feed In Tariffs (FITS) are at the heart of A Shade Greener's existence.
They use your roof space for their solar panels and claim the tariffs (presently about 41.3p per KWh). The power generated is free to us for the 25 year agreement period and after that they become our property. It should be said that A Shade Greener only operate around Yorkshire and parts of Notts/Lincs and Humberside.
They have had a huge response but say that a large proportion of submissions dont meet all the criteria - the main one being a large South facing roof.
http://www.ashadegreener.co.uk/
Watch this space for further developments!
As a spinoff and another Gizmo application, I run an energy meter kindly provided free by Eon and below is a readout of the power consumption - which will be interesting once the panels are fitted. It should also be noted that we use a tad more than the average consumer as I have to power all my electric gadgets and gizmos!