Yesterday the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) issued a Press Releaseadvising that they were laying before Parliament modifications to the Energy Act 2008 in relation to the reduction in Solar PV Feed-in-Tariff.

The growing Solar industry in the UK has seen significant uncertainty over the past few months whilst the position of the Government Feed in Payments have been debated through the well publicised court case and subsequent appeal following the early reduction last year.

Read the full written ministerial statement on the DECC website

Unfortunately this latest update doesn’t bring final clarity to the position on the level of tariff available over the next few months.

Reg Illingworth, MD of Altereco commented on the statement by DECC; “It is disappointing that we don’t have a final resolution to this issue which is proving very confusing for consumers who want to invest in this renewable technology.

At Altereco we feel that it is very important for us to source the best value solar PV equipment to give the biggest opportunity to the greatest number of people to achieve true energy independence.

We know that we can provide excellent value and returns on investment even with a feed in tariff of 21 pence. We welcome the challenges of moving solar PV towards grid parity.

As we get closer to grid parity there will be more and more households producing their own electricity with fewer families experiencing the fuel poverty that the big 6 suppliers are imposing on them.”

To be kept up to date with information on the Feed-in-Tariff or general information on Renewable Energy contact the team at Altereco on 08456 718 441.