http://www.cotswoldefficientenergy.com en-gb cotswoldefficientenergy.com 2011-11-7T00:00:00Z cotswoldefficientenergy.com http://www.cotswoldefficientenergy.com/page16.htm#106326 Finally we know what the Coalition Government plans to do with the Feedin Tariff FiT reduce it by more than 50 for new solar PV installations. The reasoning behind it is the drop in solar PV installation costs but what will be the impact on the market Not only has the FiT tariff been dropped to 21pkWh from April 1st 2012 but there is also the added requirement that a house must achieve a Level C or above on an Energy Performance Certificate EPC in order to qualify for the tariff. Maybe now the solar thermal sales which declined as solar PV increased as customers chose to use all their south facing roof space for the FiT will start to comeback. Solar thermal is a very viable and costeffective option for householders to reduce their energy bill. 2011-11-7 14:29:32 http://www.cotswoldefficientenergy.com/page16.htm#104727 Feeling a bit fed up with zero returns on our Building Society deposits Irene and I decided to look at getting a return by installing solar pv panels and taking advantage of the newly introduced Feed in Tariff. Thus our original motivation was financial with ecoconsiderations as a valuable spinoff. We visited Cotswold Efficient Energy Centre off the CirencesterTetbury road where they have an excellent showroom demonstrating solar pv solar thermal rainwater gathering light tunnels and woodpellet boiler systems air source and ground source heating etc. They also have full software for producing desings etc although we have since found this to be true of most suppliers. Subsequently they visited us checked roof orientation advised on number of panels to make a sensible investment and were cautious about advising us to install solar thermal panels which though feasible were not as financially advantageous as solar pv at the time. I believe this is about to change shortly. Although com... 2011-10-16 11:02:55 http://www.cotswoldefficientenergy.com/page16.htm#104315 We like many in our industry were very disappointed that the Renewable Heat Incentive RHI was withdrawn by government only hours before it was meant to come into force. However the Department of Energy and Climate Change has insisted that it is being delayed rather than abandoned. The scheme was due to open today 30th September 2011 but its delay is being blamed on European Commission clearance. The latest promise is that the delay will only be one month but we are not holding our breath 2011-9-30 13:00:24