Solar power

  • Insulate now while grants are still available

    Oct 21

    Posted by: Justin | Number of Comments: 2 Comments

    Category: Environmental policy, News, Solar power | Date Posted: Thursday, October 21st, 2010

    The Department of Energy and Climate Change came off relatively lightly in yesterdays round of spending cuts. A 30% cut in admin costs is being forced, but an overall 5% reduction in funding.

    The good news is that grants for loft insulation and cavity wall insulation are secure for the immediate future, but homeowners and private tenants are being urged to apply for their grant now whilst funding is still available.

    An estimated 1 million eligible homes have still not taken advantage of grants for home insulation, which could see them s…

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  • Briton's are best energy savers in Europe

    Jul 14

    Posted by: Justin | Number of Comments: No Comments

    Category: Environmental policy, News, Solar power | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

    A recent study has revealed that Britain has become the most energy concious country in Europe.

    The study, led by EDF Energy, found that over 70% of households in the UK have now installed energy saving measures such as <a href=”http://www.insulationgrants.info”>home insulation</a>.

    This represents a significant increase over the last three years, with many homes taking advantage of government grants available increase their energy efficiency.

    We are, however, still falling behind our European neighbours when it comes to using su…

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  • Your house to borrow money to pay for green facelift

    Mar 2

    Posted by: Justin | Number of Comments: No Comments

    Category: Environmental policy, Grants, News, Saving money, Solar power, Uncategorized | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

    A new scheme has been announced by the Government that would allow your house to borrow money from the government in order to buy energy saving improvements such as insulation and solar panels.

    The loan would be linked to your property, rather than to you, and is designed to help spread the cost of energy saving improvements by allowing households to pay back the loan from the energy savings made each year.

    The ‘save-as-you-pay’ initiative is part of the Governments plan to cut emissions from all 22 million UK households by 29% by 2020.

    Inst…

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