With electricity prices rising by around 7% in 2010 and 10% to 15% in 2011/2012 in the UK everyone needs to review their utility costs and how it is being provided. Using renewable energy, like solar energy, not only reducess the impact of these price increases but also provides additional household income.
In addition to using less energy from fossil fuels, schools can make a positive contribution to reduce carbon emissions in the UK public sector by £1 billion.
Currently schools represent approximately 15% of public sector greenhouse gas emissions and 2% of the UK total, with 5m tonnes of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere each year. Another 5m tonnes are attributed to the school run and the manufacture of school equipment and consumables.
The scheme will require licensed electricity suppliers, (e.g. EDF), to pay a generation tariff to small-scale low-carbon generators e.g. houseowners, for electricity generated (whether or not such electricity is exported to the national grid) and an export tariff to them where such electricity is also exported to the national grid. This means that a household will benefit from free electricity during the day, receive 21p per unit generated and 3.2p per unit for exporting back to the Grid, assuming the solar PV system installed is under 4kWp.
Wireless Edge Energy is the energy division of the Wireless Edge group of companies, which include Communications, Software Development, Installation, Finance, Training and Distribution
Our customers include primary and secondary schools across the UK, large construction companies and nationwide retail stores