{"id":770,"date":"2015-02-10T09:12:06","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T09:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodpropertyservices.co.uk\/?p=770"},"modified":"2015-02-10T09:12:06","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T09:12:06","slug":"fit-rate-cut-announced-1st-april-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodpropertyservices.co.uk\/news\/fit-rate-cut-announced-1st-april-2015","title":{"rendered":"FIT rate cut announced, from 1st April 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodpropertyservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/solar-savings-are-possible.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-772 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodpropertyservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/solar-savings-are-possible.jpg\" alt=\"solar-savings-are-possible\" width=\"328\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodpropertyservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/money-house.gif\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Solar panel installations have met Government targets for the last quarter, triggering\u00a0another decrease to the Feed-in-Tariff rate &#8211; meaning a slight reduction to the financial rewards of solar.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1423558626338_2081\">The reduction takes the tariff down to 13.39p\/kWh for installations smaller than 4kW.<\/p>\n<p>The current rate is \u00a313.88p\/kWh. So this reduction amounts to \u00a3340 over twenty years excluding index linking, \u00a0for a 4kW South facing system in Dorset.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1423558626338_2077\">Although the reduction isn&#8217;t a huge amount, it does mean that to receive the higher rate\u00a0payments, your panels will need to be installed before April 1st.<\/p>\n<p>However solar PV will still provide a return on investment of between 10-12% per year which is tax free and index linked. \u00a0Solar PV pays for itself within seven years and the Feed In Tariff is a twenty year contract. \u00a0Import energy costs double every seven years according to the Energy Savings Trust.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodpropertyservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Home-Solar-Power-Solar-Savings-graph.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-773 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodpropertyservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Home-Solar-Power-Solar-Savings-graph-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"Home-Solar-Power-Solar-Savings-graph\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodpropertyservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Home-Solar-Power-Solar-Savings-graph-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodpropertyservices.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Home-Solar-Power-Solar-Savings-graph.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solar panel installations have met Government targets for the last quarter, triggering\u00a0another decrease to the Feed-in-Tariff rate &#8211; meaning a slight reduction to the financial rewards of solar. The reduction takes the tariff down to 13.39p\/kWh for installations smaller than 4kW. The current rate is \u00a313.88p\/kWh. So this reduction amounts to \u00a3340 over twenty years excluding index linking, \u00a0for a 4kW South facing system in Dorset. Although the reduction isn&#8217;t a huge amount, it does mean that to receive the higher rate\u00a0payments, your panels will need to be installed before April 1st. However solar PV will still provide a return on investment of between 10-12% per year which is tax free and index linked. \u00a0Solar PV pays for itself within seven years and the Feed In Tariff is a twenty year contract. \u00a0Import energy costs double every seven years according &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodpropertyservices.co.uk\/news\/fit-rate-cut-announced-1st-april-2015\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FIT rate cut announced, from 1st April 2015 - Good Property Services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodpropertyservices.co.uk\/news\/fit-rate-cut-announced-1st-april-2015\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FIT rate cut announced, from 1st April 2015 - Good Property Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Solar panel installations have met Government targets for the last quarter, triggering\u00a0another decrease to the Feed-in-Tariff rate &#8211; meaning a slight reduction to the financial rewards of solar. 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