Priston Action Group for the Environment

Is anybody up for considering jointly procuring solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and installing them/getting them installed and taking advantage of the new guaranteed inflation linked feed in tarriffs coming in shortly?

If  you have an unshaded roof facing South or a few degees either side at 30 -40 degees slope (or a protected spot elsewhwere) then it may well work for you.  

Broadly you might expect to pay £10-12K for an installation, and The Guardian calculates one could expect to get up to £1,000 each year tax-free  from energy savings and payments for the electricity you feed in to the National Grid.  Although the economics will vary according to local factors this is a very significant return compared with alternative financial and other investments one can make.

For more information see:

• Guardian article 6 Feb 2010
• Government Press release
• Energy Saving Trust
• BBC Working Lunch programme - avail till 23 Feb only
• SolarCentury UK

If you are interested in finding out more about how you can save energy and make money, please contact Peter Brookes by email or on 470589.  

• Buying local lamb together 
• Wildife gardening - hear the recent BBC programme.
  
• Sourcing and buying firewood together
• Community energy-producing schemes
• Ground source heating talk
• We have started a ‘mini' Community Agriculture scheme on Church Farm: four households have got together to keep hens to produce eggs. So far, all’s going well!
• People have expressed an interest in planting more apple trees in the village. There is also the possibility of harvesting apples that would otherwise not get picked, perhaps turning some of them into juice.
• The latest joint oil order has been delivered.

If you are interested in further information on any of the above, phone Peter on 470589 .