Solar panels are considered a long term investment opportunity. It's easy to sell electricity back to the National Grid using solar panels.

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Join the feed in tariffs revolution with solar panels technology.

This government backed scheme allows home owners with solar panels installed to receive extra financial benefits from their installation. Add an extra income stream to your new solar panel investment.

Generate with solar panels

In a nutshell - If you install solar panels to generate your own power, then the feed in tariffs scheme's will provide 43.1 p per kWh even if you use the energy yourself. An extra 3p per unit will be added for your surplus electricity which you generate and don't use.

A window of opportunity

The 'sell your surplus' green energy scheme, supported by 'Which' Magazine and 'Ethical Consumer' Magazine and voted best green electricity supplier, allows solar panels users to sell their surplus energy using the government backed feed in tariffs scheme.

The money that you receive will be dependant on the size of system you have fitted but the government estimate you will receive between 7 – 10 % return on your investment. (better than a bank account), however the scheme is designed to degrade over time to newer applicants. There never has been a better time to take advantage of solar panels, heat pumps or large-scale wind turbines.

No fossil fuels, no carbon, we can change the way energy is made and distributed. It's simple really.

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How it works?

Once you have your solar panels installed by an MCS accredited solar panel installer, its very simple to begin receiving the feed in tariff reward. Your solar installer will give you a certificate of compliance which you send a copy to your current or new energy supplier.

That's it! You will then give annual or quarterley 'export' meter readings from your new meter and then payments to you will be posted from your energy supplier.

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Welcome to the solar panel century

Whether we like it or not, the world around us is changing. Change is good, especially if you are unhappy with the spiraling costs of energy. Most pioneering homes with solar panels have installed to protect themselves long-term from a world now competing for the last of a finite resource, oil!

If environmental reasons is your incentive, then the average annual saving is 2 tonnes of C02 from an average household footprint of 6 tonnes. And that's exactly why we started a zero-carbon electricity company. We wanted to make a big difference by offering a service which is real, without the green wash.

There have been many times in history when humans have come together to change things for the greater good. There has never been such a greater reason for humans to come together and make a difference now.

" Joining the growing army of independent self generators "

We are one of the UK's largest green energy suppliers, and it supplies over 25,000 homes and businesses with 100% renewable electricity sourced from all over the UK. As well as having its own wind turbine farms, it also uses hydro- electric, bio-generation and PV solar panels through relationships with over 500 independent generators of green electricity.

Ground-breaking feed in tariffs scheme is the UK's first to pay solar panels owners for the energy they produce.
Strong partnerships with other organizations such as Friends of the Earth, Sustrans and ActionAid.
Available to all UK homes.
No green wash, but a real renewable energy option for all homes in the UK.
Which Magazine, voted best electricity supplier.

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1. Get a quote for our award-winning 100% green energy tariffs available to all UK homes.

2. All we need is your name and address, and some basic information about your supplier.

3. The whole process is regulated and you have 7 days to think about it before anything happens.

4. We'll manage everything, all you will have to do, is give us your meter readings twice a year.

5. We don't need to change the cables going to your house, or the meter - we operate by supplying electricity to the national grid like other electricity suppliers.

6. Once you've joined us we can help you to reduce your bills, generate your own renewable energy and get paid for it, and stay informed on our campaign activity.

Did you know: Domestic heating and power accounts for 47% of the UK's annual CO2 emissions

I had solar panels installed...

Firstly congratulations on executing on a flawless installation. The upfront consultative selling was friendly, thorough and informative, and after I'd taken the big step of saying I will part with my money, I'm delighted and relieved o say that the survey and installation proceeded precisely to plan.

The installation team arrived roughly 30 minutes early and worked non-stop until the installation was up and running at 4pm, just in time for me to see the newly installed solar power meter display the first few watts of pure solar energy captured before the sun sank into the West for the night.

The panels look neat on my roof, there was no mess left to tidy up, and the new cable run from my roof was neatly done through my loft and then down the side of a gable soffit and into my meter cupboard.

All well and good so far, but how has the system performed during its first week in winter?

It's rained most of the time, the sky has varied from grey to light grey with only sporadic and intermittent bursts of what you might call winter sunshine. So far, so good, based on figures gleaned from staring at the meter during the last week.

The panels start generating not long after it gets light irrespective of whether its sunny (e.g. 30-100 watts at 8:15am) until the sky is reasonably light. On a really horrible, rainy dark day with black sky the numbers stay within this range.

On a brighter greyish white cloud (and its only February), the system generates numbers in the range of 100-1000 watts depending o the exact hue of the sky and thickness of cloud cover.

The sun shining through lighter wispy clouds results in 2000-2700 watts and when the sun burst through a blue patch of sky then the solar system has generated up to 3500 watts, which is far better than I anticipated given the sun is so low in the sky in February. All figures are better in the afternoon than the morning due to the array facing South West.

During the 7 days so far, 27 kWh has been generated, which given the weather has been abysmal, is not unreasonable. I believe from my own readings that a single sunny day in February will result in something like 12-15 kWh of energy generated and I am now looking forward to the longer brighter days later in the year.

I believe therefore, I'm on track for the 160 kWh this month that was projected for my solar installation as part of the overall cost justification.

I have contacted my energy supplier and completed there forms which they promptly sent me to register my solar panels and start receiving the feed in tariff reward. So far, everything is progressing just as was originally explained to me.

In summary, and in today's world laden with potential frustrations, dangers and disappointments, my solar project has been a very pleasant experience so far, and I'm now looking forward to the financial rewards in the knowledge that along with other solar panel adopters, t can also hopefully make a positive difference to the environment and my pocket.
Dr P (retired), Sussex

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