Energy Saving Trust

Ruth Wharton

ruth.wharton@est-tvs.org.uk

Regional Microgeneration Coordinator

A non-profit organisation here to help people to save money.

Providing a free & impartial service without trying to sell you anything.

www.energysavingtrust.org.uk

0800 512 012

Advice Provision

• Renewable Energy training audit

• City & Guilds 6176-02 (Feb/March)– ‘Renewable Energy in the Home’ course

• 2 microgeneration advisors

• Advisor CPD for microgeneration– In house technology training– Presentations– External visits

Supply Chain

• Contacting all MCS certificated installers

• Letter and ‘Expressions of Interest’ form

• Certified installer network• Signposting service process

– Working with London MG coordinator

• Establishing renewable installations– HECs, contact centre & outreach events

South East Installers

81 certificated

installers– 57 Solar thermal– 9 Wind turbine– 1 Hydro– 26 Heat pumps– 4 Biomass– 32 Solar PV

26 registered for signposting service

Total number of commited LCBP grant applications (April '06 - Jan '10)

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Domestic LCBP grants uptake

Technologies installed in the South East (April '06 - Jan '10)

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Solar ThermalHot Water

Wind Turbine Wood FuelledBoiler System

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South East counties installations (April '06 - Jan '10)

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Sector Development

• Develop MCS certification assistance process– Advertise to non-certified installers

• Marketing to installers and consumers• Trade bodies (magazines)• Local authority network meetings• Regional planning permission pack• Installer evening

– London, 31st March

Regional projects

• European funding– Power programme / INTERREG

• DeCReASE– Delivering Carbon Reduction Across the

South East

• BIOMAGIC

• Microgen support service trial– Spin off from the Home Action Plan

Feed in tariffs

Financial Incentives LCBP

- Additional £45 million allocated to LCBP 22nd April 2009- No longer available for electricity generating technologies

(closed 3rd Feb 2010)- Available until April 2011 for heat generating technologies

• Phase 1– Residential– Max £2,500 / house– £30M budget– £18M spent

• Phase 2 - Extended– Public sector & charities– Additional £39 million

allocated 22nd April 2009– Upper limits per project

• 300kW heat

• 50% of the cost

• £200,000 maximum

LCBP Phase 1 (domestic) Grants

Technology Maximum Amount of Grant

Solar thermalOverall max of £400 or 30% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is lower.

GSHPOverall max of £1,200 or 30% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is lower.

ASHPOverall max of £900 or 30% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is lower.

Wood pellet heaters

Overall max of £600 or 20% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is lower.

Wood fuelled boiler

Overall max of £1,500 or 30% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is lower.

Policies and targets

• Requires electricity suppliers (e.g. E.On, British Gas…) to gain a certain percentage of the electricity they supply from renewable sources.

• Targets:

– 15.4% electricity from renewable sources by 2015

– 30% electricity from renewable sources by 2020

Financial Incentives FITs

• Non-generation household

• Only imports electricity

• Billed by their supplier based meter readings on kWh imported Import (I):

3000kWh

Usage (U): 3000kWh

Financial Incentives FITs

Illustration of potential electricity flows for an on-site generator

Generating unit

Export (E): 1000kWh

Import (I): 1500kWh

Usage (U): 3000kWh

Offset (O): 1500kWh

Generate (G): 2500kWh

Financial Incentives FITs

Illustration of potential electricity flows for an on-site generator

Generating unit

Export (E): 1000kWh

Import (I): 1500kWh

Usage (U): 3000kWh

Offset (O): 1500kWh

Generate (G): 2500kWh

3p/kWh(or open market)

Export tariff

Differs bytechnology

and by scale

Generation tariff

Avoided costs

Import tariff

Illustration of potential electricity flows for an on-site generator

– Annual consumption (an example)

Financial Incentives FITs

Generation tariff: 41.3p/kWh

£1032.50

Export tariff: 3p/kWh

£30.00

Import tariff: 10.5p/kWh

£157.50

TOTAL £905.00

Eligibility & Payment

• 5MW limit (= 5000kW)

• Wide range of technologies– Wind

– Solar PV

– Hydro

– ...and more...

• Accreditation– Product and installer MCS certificated

• Payments to be made by suppliers

Degression

• The consumer will receive the same generation tariff for the lifetime

• Degression of generation tariff is applied to some technologies– Reflects, and to some extent encourages,

cost reductions over time due to learning, scale of production etc

– A feature of international best practice– Will be in place from year 3

Table of tariffs up to 2013(Systems installed from 1st April ‘10)

Export tariff = 3p/kWh

Technology Scale

Tariff level for new installations in period (p/kWh)

[NB tariffs will be inflated annually] Tariff lifetime (years)Year 1:

1/4/10 – 31/3/11

Year 2: 1/4/11 – 31/3/12

Year 3: 1/4/12 – 31/3/13

Anaerobic digestion ≤500kW 11.5 11.5 11.5 20

Hydro ≤4kW (new build) 19.9 19.9 19.9 20

PV ≤4kW (retrofit) 36.1 36.1 33.0 25

PV ≤15kW 41.3 41.3 37.8 25

Wind ≤1.5kW 34.5 34.5 32.6 20

Wind >1.5-15kW 26.7 26.7 25.5 20

Not the full list of tariffs. Only those most relevant to domestic properties.

Systems installed before 31st March

• MCS certificated, inform energy supplier• Not MCS certificated, approach Ofgem for

accreditation under the RO

• Systems installed before 15th July 2009– Reduced generation tariff, 9p/kWh

• Systems installed 15th July 2009 – 31st March 2010– Will be treated as if they were installed on the 1st

April 2010

Thank you for listening

Any questions?