On 1st February 2010 the Government published feed-in tariffs for renewable electricity, to be implemented from 1st April 2010.

For any individual or business installing a wind turbine up to 15KW output they will be elligible for the following payments;

• 26.7p/kWh for all electricity generated (the "generation tariff");
• another payment additional to the generation tariff for every kWh exported to the wider energy market (the "export tariff"). Generators will be guaranteed a market for their exports at a long-term guaranteed price of 3p/kWh, or they may opt out and sell the electricity on the open market.
• Electricity can be used, at no cost, on-site, to offset some or all of the electricity that generators would otherwise have had to buy.

The generation rate will be guaranteed for 20 years from the date of installation of the turbine.

The scheme is intended to kick start the renewable energy market. As the market becomes more mature and the costs of technologies decrease the generation tariff will be reduced in order to maintain a comparable return on investment. The reduced rates will continue to be guaranteed for 20 years.

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