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6. 2000
solar roofs
The UK is usually seen as falling behind in the race to utilise solar
energy, but Stephen Timms, the Energy Minister, when responding to a Parliamentary
Question, reported that
‘under the Clear Skies initiative, which supports the installation
of solar hot water heating systems among otheer small-scale renewables,
1,585 individual household grants have been approved with a total
value of £792,000. Of these, 622 with a value of £311,000 have been
paid to date. Under the Community stream of Clear Skies, funds offered
for solar hot water heating have a value totalling £968,734. It is
difficult to give an exact number of dwellings that this equates to
but it is estimated at approximately 560. Under the Major Photovoltaic
Demonstration Programme, which provides grants for the installation
of solar electric panels, 408 Stream 1 individual small-scale (0.5
kWp to 5 kWp)
applications have been approved at a total value of £2,843,496. Of
these 221 with a value of £1,436,978 have been paid to date. Approximately
80 per cent. of these are for residential dwellings. Under Stream
2 (medium and large-scale) of the Programme, 25 group-housing (5 kWp
to 100 kWp) applications have been approved with a total value of
£2,684,866. These applications equate to approximately 500 roofs/dwellings.’
Added together that’s over 2000 projects- solar heating and PV solar,
with more to come (see £2m for PV - p.8). Not a patch on Germany’s
100,000 PV projects, but at least a start. Source : PQ Hansard Feb 6.
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