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.
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
Total number of commited LCBP grant applications (April '06 - Jan '10)
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Domestic LCBP grants uptake
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Domestic LCBP grants uptake
Technologies installed in the South East (April '06 - Jan '10)
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Air SourceHeat Pump
BiomassRoom
Heater/Stove
GroundSource Heat
Pump
SolarPhotovoltaic
Solar ThermalHot Water
Wind Turbine Wood FuelledBoiler System
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South East counties installations (April '06 - Jan '10)
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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
Feed in tariffs
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 1– Residential– Max £2,500 / house– £30M budget– £18M spent
• 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
LCBP Phase 1 (domestic) Grants
Technology Maximum Amount of Grant
Solar thermalOverall max of £400 or 30% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is lower.
GSHPOverall max of £1,200 or 30% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is lower.
ASHPOverall 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 bytechnology
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
£1032.50
Export tariff: 3p/kWh
£30.00
Import tariff: 10.5p/kWh
£157.50
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 1st April ‘10)
Export tariff = 3p/kWh
Technology Scale
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 11.5 11.5 11.5 20
Hydro ≤4kW (new build) 19.9 19.9 19.9 20
PV ≤4kW (retrofit) 36.1 36.1 33.0 25
PV ≤15kW 41.3 41.3 37.8 25
Wind ≤1.5kW 34.5 34.5 32.6 20
Wind >1.5-15kW 26.7 26.7 25.5 20
Not the full list of tariffs. Only those most relevant to domestic properties.
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
Thank you for listening
Any questions?