green deal and fits

[Eco Deal]

I heard a rumor that the FITS may be part of the golden rule with the green deal

so if you have solar panels fitted via the green deal you can claim fits ?

is this true?

 

[TedM]

I've lost track of the number of times I've asked DECC the same question - and got no answer at all.

The FiTs legislation only prevents a system from being eligible for FiTs if a 'grant' from public funds is involved. I can't see that a GD loan comes under that. I must admit I haven't had time recently to trawl through the GD legal stuff to see what that says. It will be a question of whether FiT income counts as 'energy saving' and I would suspect that it shouldn't.

But even if PV isn't actually cheap enough yet to meet the golden rule in full there is nothing to prevent someone from topping up a GD loan with additional funds from another source - if this doesn't remove the FiTs income.

 

[Gavin A]

GD funded system should be eligible for FITs, but the FITs shouldn't count towards the actual energy savings to be used for golden rule calculations.

as I understand it.

 

[Eco Deal]

Finaly got access to the GDSAP software and check this out below

[TABLE="class: tablemeasures"]
[TR="class: measureshead"]
[TH="class: tocentreh"]Improvements[/TH]
[TH="class: tocentreh, align: center"]Estimated costs*[/TH]
[TH="class: tocentreh"]Your household's estimated annual savings[/TH]
[TH="class: tocentreh"]Typical annual savings - maximum Green Deal repayment in year 1**[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: toleft"]Insulate hot water cylinder with 80 mm jacket[/TD]
[TD="class: tocentre"]£15 - £30[/TD]
[TD="class: tocentre"]£93[/TD]
[TD="class: tocentre"]£92[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: toleft"]Low energy lighting for all fixed outlets[/TD]
[TD="class: tocentre"]£55[/TD]
[TD="class: tocentre"]£38[/TD]
[TD="class: tocentre"]£36[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: toleft"]Solar water heating[/TD]
[TD="class: tocentre"]£4,000 - £6,000[/TD]
[TD="class: tocentre"]£39[/TD]
[TD="class: tocentre"]£36[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: toleft"]Solar photovoltaic panels - 2.5 kWp[/TD]
[TD="class: tocentre"]£9,000 - £14,000[/TD]
[TD="class: tocentre"]£99[/TD]
[TD="class: tocentre"]£99[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: toleftsum"]Total[/TD]
[TD="class: tocentresum"]£13,070 - £20,030[/TD]
[TD="class: tocentresum"]£269[/TD]
[TD="class: tocentresum"]£263





so the 2.5 kwp system at 9k saving £99 per year would take 90 years to pay back it self . ??????[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[Worcester]

So stuff your renewables and go for the energy saving bits...

What did it come up with for a condensing boiler, loft insulation, cavity wall and / or EWI? I'll bet they score better as well, - being a cynic (sometimes..) maybe there is coomerical pressure from some of the large industry bodies to make some items seem better than others. Don't remember EVER installing PV at £5,600 / kWp !!!

 

[Eco Deal]

this info is tken from RDSAP and converted to GDSAP .......

this is from a property having a occupancy assessment for the green deal )my old house (