Last night, Lord Hunt came back with his amendments to the Energy Bill and, as promised, here’s an update. For electricity feed in tariff, he’s proposed:
- Feed in tariff for renewable generation up to a maximum of 3MW (excellent).
- Qualifying technology: biomass, biofuels (oh dear), fuel cells, photovoltaics, water (including waves and tides), wind, solar power, geothermal sources, combined heat and power systems with an electrical capacity of 50 kilowatts or less.
- No timetable for implementation (as far as I could see – is it buried in there somewhere? What will the Baroness say?)
On a heat incentive: