green deal and fits

[Eco Deal]

I heard a rumor that the FITS may be part of the golden rule with the green deal

so if you have solar panels fitted via the green deal you can claim fits ?

is this true?

 

[TedM]

I've lost track of the number of times I've asked DECC the same question - and got no answer at all.

The FiTs legislation only prevents a system from being eligible for FiTs if a 'grant' from public funds is involved. I can't see that a GD loan comes under that. I must admit I haven't had time recently to trawl through the GD legal stuff to see what that says. It will be a question of whether FiT income counts as 'energy saving' and I would suspect that it shouldn't.

But even if PV isn't actually cheap enough yet to meet the golden rule in full there is nothing to prevent someone from topping up a GD loan with additional funds from another source - if this doesn't remove the FiTs income.

 

[Gavin A]

GD funded system should be eligible for FITs, but the FITs shouldn't count towards the actual energy savings to be used for golden rule calculations.

as I understand it.

 

[Eco Deal]

Finaly got access to the GDSAP software and check this out below

Improvements	Estimated costs*	Your household's estimated annual savings	Typical annual savings - maximum Green Deal repayment in year 1**
Insulate hot water cylinder with 80 mm jacket	£15 - £30	£93	£92
Low energy lighting for all fixed outlets	£55	£38	£36
Solar water heating	£4,000 - £6,000	£39	£36
Solar photovoltaic panels - 2.5 kWp	£9,000 - £14,000	£99	£99
Total	£13,070 - £20,030	£269	£263 so the 2.5 kwp system at 9k saving £99 per year would take 90 years to pay back it self . ??????

 

[Worcester]

So stuff your renewables and go for the energy saving bits...

What did it come up with for a condensing boiler, loft insulation, cavity wall and / or EWI? I'll bet they score better as well, - being a cynic (sometimes..) maybe there is coomerical pressure from some of the large industry bodies to make some items seem better than others. Don't remember EVER installing PV at £5,600 / kWp !!!

 

[Eco Deal]

this info is tken from RDSAP and converted to GDSAP .......

this is from a property having a occupancy assessment for the green deal )my old house (