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Solar farms can be as financially attractive as wind farms using the Feed In Tariff (FIT). Many of the issues relating to the renting of land for solar energy production, or establishing a solar farm yourself, are similar to those involved with a wind farm. However solar has a FIT set for 25 years rather than 20 years, and at higher rates.
| | Tariff level (will be inflated annually) for new installations in period (p/kWh) | | Tariff lifetime (years) | | Scale | | Year 1: 1.4.10 - 31.3.11 | Year 2: 1.4.11 – 31.3.12 | Year 3: 1.4.12 – 31.3.13 | | | > 4-10 kW | | 36.1 | 36.1 | 33 | | 25 | | > 10-100 Kw | | 31.4 | 31.4 | 28.7 | | 25 | | > 100 kW – 5 MW | | 29.3 | 29.3 | 26.8 | | 25 |
Unlike wind farming, solar requires a great deal of space to accommodate the panels and this is reflected in the tariff rate, which can be almost double. Solar is however adaptable to the space that you have available. A 4KW system will power your farmhouse, office and other farm buildings. This size system will fit easily onto a barn roof. Larger scale production, or solar farming, of between 100KW and 5MW requires more space and at the time of writing solar farms are expected to spread over many acres.
Solar systems can easily be upgraded through the addition of extra solar panels. This enables producers to start small and increase the size of the system as the FIT return is realised.
Solar is currently not seen as being as controversial as wind farming as the disturbance is not as great.
Townsend Chartered Surveyors are independent advisors and are not tied to any technology suppliers, contractors or energy distribution network.
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