Sunlight is free. A solar PV system harnesses the sunlight and converts it directly into electricity for use in your home. Not only will you reduce the amount of electricity you need from your supplier, but you can also get paid for every kilowatt hour that you generate. This is a government backed scheme known as the “feed-in tariff”.

The feed-in tariff scheme pays a guaranteed income to every homeowner generating clean electricity with solar panels. You are paid for every unit of electricity you generate, regardless of whether you use it in your home or export it to the National Grid.

• Earn up to 21p* per kilowatt hour (kWh)just for generating your own electricity
• Your payments are tax free, index linked to the Retail Price Index (RPI) annually and are guaranteed by the government for 25 years
• A carefully installed system could generate up to 50% of your energy needs
• You can sell any energy you don’t use back to the National Grid,
• Do your bit for the environment by reducing your carbon footprint.

The great attraction of PV technology is that it delivers electricity at the point of use. Solar PV cells can be used for a wide range of applications such as watches and calculators, individual houses and buildings, right up to large grid-connected solar PV farms. Providing that there is a suitable place to mount the system, PV is ideal for domestic installations and has various cost-effective applications to suit specific needs.

By using the sun’s abundant energy, we can reduce our consumption of conventional fuels and our emission of harmful greenhouse gases, as well as gaining enhanced fuel and energy security and making cost effective savings.

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