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Fair Play for Green Pioneers
Feb 11, 2010
The Department of Energy and Climate Change intends to reward generators of renewable energy - Solar, Wind, Hydro etc - with a guaranteed price for the electricity they produce: the Feed In Tariff. This will come into effect in April 2010. However the regulations will be such that that owners of self-built renewable energy systems will be excluded from these rewards even though these are the very people who pioneered home produced electricity. To assure a fair reward for these green pioneers, please sign the petition to 10 Downing St.
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/GreenPioneers.
For example, this 20-foot waterwheel generates 5.5kw - enough electricity to power two houses 24 hours a day. Under the proposed regulations it will be ineligible for the Feed In Tariff. http://s990.photobucket.com/albums/af26/brianfaux/Waterwheel/
See News item 'Concern over route for HS2' Image© Chiltern Green Party. See also Press Release for Nick Wilkins' latest on HS2 (PPC for Chesham and Amersham)
The Green Party today becomes the only political party to back demands for a state pension of £170 per week and a better future for older people in Britain...
Please also see our 'Older People's pledge' in the Press Releases section.