Solar PV scheme in Fife

Solar PV panels produce electricity from sunlight. They reduce your greenhouse gas emissions immediately and have a financial payback over the medium term.

The Energy Saving Scotland advice centre South East has been running a promotional offer in partnership with an installer and Fife Council. They wrote to households within target areas who they thought might be likely to be interested in PV, and offered them PV panels at particular prices.

About a week after the launch the UK government announced reductions to feed-in tariffs, which caused a rush to install before mid-December.

This offer is now extend to all of Fife, with new lower prices (to be announced on the 10th of January). The installer is also happy to take on community buildings, businesses and installations larger than 4kW, the price depending on the project.

Despite the lower rate of feed-in tariff, because the price of PV has come down such a lot in the past year, the payback time on a 4kW setup is about the same as it was a year ago – between 10 to 12 years.