Energy Saving Trust Ruth Wharton Regional Microgeneration Coordinator A non-profit organisation here to help people to save money. Providing a free & impartial service without trying to sell you anything

Advice Provision Renewable Energy training audit City & Guilds (Feb/March) –‘Renewable Energy in the Home’ course 2 microgeneration advisors Advisor CPD for microgeneration –In house technology training –Presentations –External visits

Supply Chain Contacting all MCS certificated installers Letter and ‘Expressions of Interest’ form Certified installer network Signposting service process –Working with London MG coordinator Establishing renewable installations –HECs, contact centre & outreach events

South East Installers 81 certificated installers – 57 Solar thermal – 9 Wind turbine – 1 Hydro – 26 Heat pumps – 4 Biomass – 32 Solar PV 26 registered for signposting service

Domestic LCBP grants uptake 3458

Domestic LCBP grants uptake

Sector Development Develop MCS certification assistance process –Advertise to non-certified installers Marketing to installers and consumers Trade bodies (magazines) Local authority network meetings Regional planning permission pack Installer evening –London, 31 st March

Regional projects European funding –Power programme / INTERREG DeCReASE –Delivering Carbon Reduction Across the South East BIOMAGIC Microgen support service trial –Spin off from the Home Action Plan

Feed in tariffs

Financial Incentives LCBP -Additional £45 million allocated to LCBP 22 nd April No longer available for electricity generating technologies (closed 3 rd Feb 2010) -Available until April 2011 for heat generating technologies Phase 1 –Residential –Max £2,500 / house –£30M budget –£18M spent Phase 2 - Extended –Public sector & charities –Additional £39 million allocated 22 nd April 2009 –Upper limits per project 300kW heat 50% of the cost £200,000 maximum

LCBP Phase 1 (domestic) Grants TechnologyMaximum Amount of Grant Solar thermal Overall max of £400 or 30% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is lower. GSHP Overall max of £1,200 or 30% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is lower. ASHP Overall max of £900 or 30% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is lower. Wood pellet heaters Overall max of £600 or 20% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is lower. Wood fuelled boiler Overall max of £1,500 or 30% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is lower.

Policies and targets Requires electricity suppliers (e.g. E.On, British Gas…) to gain a certain percentage of the electricity they supply from renewable sources. Targets: –15.4% electricity from renewable sources by 2015 –30% electricity from renewable sources by 2020

Financial Incentives FITs Non-generation household Only imports electricity Billed by their supplier based meter readings on kWh imported Import (I): 3000kWh Usage (U): 3000kWh

Financial Incentives FITs Illustration of potential electricity flows for an on-site generator Generating unit Export (E): 1000kWh Import (I): 1500kWh Usage (U): 3000kWh Offset (O): 1500kWh Generate (G): 2500kWh

Financial Incentives FITs Illustration of potential electricity flows for an on-site generator Generating unit Export (E): 1000kWh Import (I): 1500kWh Usage (U): 3000kWh Offset (O): 1500kWh Generate (G): 2500kWh 3p/kWh (or open market) Export tariff Differs by technology and by scale Generation tariff Avoided costs Import tariff

Illustration of potential electricity flows for an on-site generator – Annual consumption (an example) Financial Incentives FITs Generation tariff: 41.3p/kWh £ Export tariff: 3p/kWh £30.00 Import tariff: 10.5p/kWh £ TOTAL£905.00

Eligibility & Payment 5MW limit (= 5000kW) Wide range of technologies –Wind –Solar PV –Hydro –...and more... Accreditation –Product and installer MCS certificated Payments to be made by suppliers

Degression The consumer will receive the same generation tariff for the lifetime Degression of generation tariff is applied to some technologies –Reflects, and to some extent encourages, cost reductions over time due to learning, scale of production etc –A feature of international best practice –Will be in place from year 3

Table of tariffs up to 2013 (Systems installed from 1 st April ‘10) Export tariff = 3p/kWh TechnologyScale Tariff level for new installations in period (p/kWh) [NB tariffs will be inflated annually] Tariff lifetime (years) Year 1: 1/4/10 – 31/3/11 Year 2: 1/4/11 – 31/3/12 Year 3: 1/4/12 – 31/3/13 Anaerobic digestion≤500kW Hydro≤4kW (new build) PV≤4kW (retrofit) PV≤15kW Wind≤1.5kW Wind>1.5-15kW Not the full list of tariffs. Only those most relevant to domestic properties.

Systems installed before 31 st March MCS certificated, inform energy supplier Not MCS certificated, approach Ofgem for accreditation under the RO Systems installed before 15 th July 2009 –Reduced generation tariff, 9p/kWh Systems installed 15 th July 2009 – 31 st March 2010 –Will be treated as if they were installed on the 1 st April 2010

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