Green Britain

If you would like to have solar panels installed on your home, you will need to make sure that the installer has been correctly certified to carry out the work.

A survey published this week reveals that over eighty per cent of farmers in the UK would like to take advantage of the feed-in tariffs by installing Solar PV panels on roofs of agricultural buildings and structures within the next three years.

Worthy Farm, famous for the Glastonbury festival recently installed a huge 200kWp system on the roof of the 'Mootel'; the cattle shed that house the farms' cows during the festival and farmers from across the UK are arriving in droves for their "Farming Futures workshop" to see what all the fuss is about.

Wrexham council has announced that it will take advantage of the government's feed in tariff by installing solar PV panels to 3,000 of its' council house stock, schools and other council buildings.

Solar Technology International, a solor photovoltaic panel manufacturer has announced the creation of 80 new jobs across the South West of England as it struggles to keep up with demand since the introduction of the Clean Energy Cash-Back Scheme or Feed-in tariff.

Cornwall council has approved a project likely to cost some £14m to create a solar PV farm close to Newquay airport. Councillors say the scheme would pay for itself in ten years and for th following fifteen years generate an annual income of £1.5 - £1.9m.

A school in West Cornwall has taken advantage of the renewable energy feed-in tariff by fitting a 4kWp solar PV system which is estimated to generate approximately 4000kWh per year, which will generate an income of £1,600 and save £400 on energy bills.

According to figures released recently by energy regulator Ofgem a record number of households have taken advantage of the new Feed in tariff and had solar panels installed this month, according to energy regulator Ofgem. So far during August 2,257 homes have installed systems, up from 1,700 in July and 1,400 in June.

Farmers in Dorset are hoping to cash-in on a new type of crop; money from the sun. The feed in tariffs announced earlier this year guarantee a payment for 25 years for Solar PV panels of up to 41.3p for every kWh produced, and another 3p for electricity fed back to the grid which could harvest £1,500 an acre for the Solar farms.