Overview
As part of its target to reduce CO2 emissions by 60% before 2050 the Government has set a target of 30% of electricity supply being sourced from renewable energy by 2020. In 2008 only 5.5% of energy came from renewables.
The UK has 40% of Europe’s total wind energy so it makes sense that a reasonable proportion of our electricity requirements should be generated by wind.
Although energy prices have stabilised over recent months it is expected the general upward trend in cost shown in the graph below will feature in the near future. The need to control our energy costs is becoming more important to most of us whether at home or in business.
Electricity Price Trends (1990 = 100):
To offer an incentive to produce renewable energy the UK Government has introduced a system of Feed in Tariffs (FITs). FITs are designed to reward owners of renewable technologies for energy produced to provide for pay back of the initial investment in the technology within a reasonable period of time.
Qualification for FITs requires a technology that is MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme) accredited. The technology must also be installed by an MCS accredited organisation.
Both Natural Energy and the turbines available for installation are MCS accredited.
