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moggy1968
I think you need to look at the historical persepective.
If you want people to get involved in a new energy there needs to be some form of susidy, as there is for the big 6 for wind and nuclear energy.
When FiTS was introduced the intention was to provide around a 10% return to make it attractive for the consumer.
The price of installations dropped as kit prices dropped and installations costs came down.
No one was in any doubt that the tariff needed to be reduced. The problem came with the government sitting on their fat lazy backsides prevaracating for too long. That led to the massive rise in installs because, as you say, the returns were too great.
Instead of acting in a sensible and timely manner the government then got a flap on and slashed the tarriff by over 50% and gave the industry just 5 weeks notice, breaking the law in the meantime, leading to even more uncertainty in the market place.
They now propose to cut the tariff even more, with the aim of giving people a return of 4-6%.
Now, why would you take money out of your savings and tie it up in a PV system where you have no access to your cash, rather than investing it wisely (my parents currently get 6% on their savings thanks to a decent IFA)
If you are relying on people doing it for entirely green reasons then we will return to the system pre 2010. How many PV installs did you see before then?
If the Government want to promote PV then they need to incentivise people to do so, and in a sensible, sustainable manner, not the kind of ill thought out, ill informed, half witted, arrogant, self interested, self fulfilling knee jerk nonsence we have seen up to now.
In response to your question, PV has already made a significant impact on producing clean energy. It is a viable and economical way to produce electricity, and to get it into production quickly. Be under no illusions, we have an energy crisis in this country and unless we start producing more soon we will be in real trouble. FiTS provided a quick and hassle free way for the Government to do this (and actually quite cost effective if you look at the total build cost of a new power station, including dealing with planning, public objections, overspends that we never hear about etc etc)
All this has nothing to do with the Government having an interest in the environment. It has to do with people in Government sucking up to big companies to line their own pockets in the future.
The Government does not have a green agenda, it has it's own agenda
If you want people to get involved in a new energy there needs to be some form of susidy, as there is for the big 6 for wind and nuclear energy.
When FiTS was introduced the intention was to provide around a 10% return to make it attractive for the consumer.
The price of installations dropped as kit prices dropped and installations costs came down.
No one was in any doubt that the tariff needed to be reduced. The problem came with the government sitting on their fat lazy backsides prevaracating for too long. That led to the massive rise in installs because, as you say, the returns were too great.
Instead of acting in a sensible and timely manner the government then got a flap on and slashed the tarriff by over 50% and gave the industry just 5 weeks notice, breaking the law in the meantime, leading to even more uncertainty in the market place.
They now propose to cut the tariff even more, with the aim of giving people a return of 4-6%.
Now, why would you take money out of your savings and tie it up in a PV system where you have no access to your cash, rather than investing it wisely (my parents currently get 6% on their savings thanks to a decent IFA)
If you are relying on people doing it for entirely green reasons then we will return to the system pre 2010. How many PV installs did you see before then?
If the Government want to promote PV then they need to incentivise people to do so, and in a sensible, sustainable manner, not the kind of ill thought out, ill informed, half witted, arrogant, self interested, self fulfilling knee jerk nonsence we have seen up to now.
In response to your question, PV has already made a significant impact on producing clean energy. It is a viable and economical way to produce electricity, and to get it into production quickly. Be under no illusions, we have an energy crisis in this country and unless we start producing more soon we will be in real trouble. FiTS provided a quick and hassle free way for the Government to do this (and actually quite cost effective if you look at the total build cost of a new power station, including dealing with planning, public objections, overspends that we never hear about etc etc)
All this has nothing to do with the Government having an interest in the environment. It has to do with people in Government sucking up to big companies to line their own pockets in the future.
The Government does not have a green agenda, it has it's own agenda
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