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Energy Saving Trust. A non-profit organisation here to help people to save money. Providing a free & impartial service without trying to sell you anything. Ruth Wharton ruth.wharton@est-tvs.org.uk Regional Microgeneration Coordinator. www.energysavingtrust.org.uk 0800 512 012.
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Energy Saving Trust A non-profit organisation here to help people to save money. Providing a free & impartial service without trying to sell you anything. Ruth Wharton ruth.wharton@est-tvs.org.uk Regional Microgeneration Coordinator www.energysavingtrust.org.uk 0800 512 012
Advice Provision • Renewable Energy training audit • City & Guilds 6176-02 (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
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, 31st 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
Financial Incentives LCBP Additional £45 million allocated to LCBP 22nd April 2009 No longer available for electricity generating technologies (closed 3rd Feb 2010) Available until April 2011 for heat generating technologies Phase 2 - Extended Public sector & charities Additional £39 million allocated 22nd April 2009 Upper limits per project 300kW heat 50% of the cost £200,000 maximum • Phase 1 • Residential • Max £2,500 / house • £30M budget • £18M spent
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 Usage (U): 3000kWh Import (I): 3000kWh
Financial Incentives FITs Illustration of potential electricity flows for an on-site generator Usage (U): 3000kWh Generate (G): 2500kWh Offset (O): 1500kWh Generating unit Import (I): 1500kWh Export (E): 1000kWh
Financial Incentives FITs Illustration of potential electricity flows for an on-site generator Differs by technology and by scale Generation tariff Usage (U): 3000kWh Avoided costs Generate (G): 2500kWh Offset (O): 1500kWh Generating unit 3p/kWh (or open market) Export tariff Import tariff Export (E): 1000kWh Import (I): 1500kWh
Financial Incentives FITs Illustration of potential electricity flows for an on-site generator – Annual consumption (an example)
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 1st April ‘10) Not the full list of tariffs. Only those most relevant to domestic properties. Export tariff = 3p/kWh
Systems installed before 31st March • MCS certificated, inform energy supplier • Not MCS certificated, approach Ofgem for accreditation under the RO • Systems installed before 15th July 2009 • Reduced generation tariff, 9p/kWh • Systems installed 15th July 2009 – 31st March 2010 • Will be treated as if they were installed on the 1st April 2010