Government Scheme For Domestic Solar Panels

It s an ambitious plan relying on 160 million of investment from dutch firm maas capital and implementation by uk firm solarplicity.

Government scheme for domestic solar panels.

Providing grants to vulnerable people the scheme helps ensure your home is more energy efficient. Seg will build on the previous government subsidy scheme which. In 2017 the government set up a scheme that will provide 800 000 low income households with solar panels in the next five years. The government has announced new rules known as the smart export guarantee seg that places a legal obligation on all energy suppliers with more than 150 000 customers to introduce export tariffs for households with solar panels by the beginning of next year.

With solar photovoltaic pv panels the most popular. This is called a feed in tariff fit. This encourages people to exploit renewable energy and to cut their electricity bill. Government response to the smart export guarantee seg consultation residential solar panels are now over 50 cheaper than in 2011.

If you already have solar panels this won t affect you you ll still get your payments. Central public sector undertaking cpsu scheme phase ii government producer scheme for setting up 12 000 mw grid connected solar photovoltaic pv power projects by the government producers with viability gap funding vgf support for self use or use by government government entities either directly or through distribution companies discoms. You can apply to get payments from your energy supplier if you generate your own electricity for example with solar panels or a wind turbine. The scheme which will be launched in january next year works in a different way to its predecessor and is likely be less lucrative.

In december 2018 the government confirmed its intention to end solar panel incentive payments on 31 march 2019 meaning people who have solar panels installed after this won t receive payments for generating electricity or exporting it to the grid. New rules will give payments to households installing solar panels.