Cameron has reitorated his commitment to setting up schemes to finance insulation and home cleantech solutions. We may have heard bits of this before, and details are still scarce, but its good...
“the banks will then get their money back by taking a slice of the savings…”
Thursday, December 17th, 2009Pre-Budget report – green reaction
Thursday, December 10th, 2009“From April, people with a home wind turbine or solar panels who plug their excess power into the national grid will receive on average £900 a year,” Mr Darling said. “I intend to make this tax...
PV panels for free!
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009Almost the most exciting report so far linked to Copenhagen has been Ed Milliband’s announcement regarding the Pay As You Save scheme. After much talk of soft loans, loans to houses rather than people and such like, 4 differing financial models are being tested over the next 15 months through to March...
or maybe only 6%
Friday, December 4th, 2009or maybe only 6% of the UK’s electricity requirement can be produced on our roofs and in our gardens? According to Friends of The Earth. Or 2%, supposedly the government target. Who cares? We’re beginning to talk about our contribution – not just our consumption. This is...
wow, 15%
Friday, December 4th, 2009I’m delighted to see that the National Grid is talking excitedly about smart meters, and how 1/6th of the UK’s electricity could come from our own rooftops and back...