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[Worcester]

The DECC rules are that no higher capacity band can pay more than a lower one, although they can be on the same rate, so it is theoritically feasible that you could have a flat rate from 0 - 250kW as they kill off the investment. It's good from an installer point of view as it removes the artificial 4. 10 and 50kWp system sizing, and customers can choose as size based on budget / need rather than greed Just the DNO's to keep happy now as big houses start installing 5 and 6 kWp systems..

 

[TedM]

Latest figures from DECC suggest that installations in the 10-50 kW band may have just crept over the 50 MW threshold (53.3 MW) so there would be a 3.5% degression for that band as well from 1st November. It's not possible to tell precisely as the figures for week ending 5th August obviously includes 2 days of July. I've assumed that the figure for that week is all in July.

In the second week of August registrations for 0-4 kW systems have dropped back to the same level they were 2 years ago in July 2010 (ignoring low Christmas weeks) - only 403 systems.

DECC should release their official figures next week.

 

[Gavin A]

arse. I was really hoping the 10-50 band would stay under the limit for no degression.

It's ridiculous that the first degression rate is set at a lower level than is actually sustainable for the industry as a whole to work to at current levels.