As currently proposed, the feed-in-tariffs are likely to be the exclusive domain of the middle class with lower income households shut out from participating. To prevent the FiT being accessible only to the middle classes, it needs to be set at a level that allows banks and private equity providers to step in and cover [...]
Archive for September, 2009
only middle class households to receive PV feed-in-tariff
Posted in feed in tariff, PV on September 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
what has Linked In done for you lately?
Posted in other stuff on September 9, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Linked In seems to be nothing but a tool for head hunters. I’m not looking for a job so what good is it? I find my finger hovering over the delete button. Has Linked In done anything for you? Phil? Mel? Anyone?
PAYS for new build doesn’t feel quite right
Posted in PAYS, zero carbon, tagged UKGBC on September 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Although PAYS has been conceived to address retrofit, developers and RSLs are hoping it might also reduce the financial burden of meeting more stringent upcoming regs for new build. In theory it works like this: by capitalising future energy savings, developers could afford to put in the low carbon measures they need to in order [...]
homespun PV at Alex’s house
Posted in PV on September 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I spent yesterday at Alex Moody’s house (ex-colleague at XCO2) eating barbequed pizza (awesome) and wiring up a home-made PV panel from single cells (even better). Equipped with an almost-hot-enough soldering iron, I was a one man tabbing line while Alex put the wooden box together. When I left in the late afternoon, Alex took [...]
links for 2009-09-02
Posted in uncategorized on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
FT.com – Finnish reactor 3 years late and 77% over budget (so far) Something to think about in the current UK energy debate: The CEO of the French state-owned company Aveva said it was impossible to determine the final cost of the Finnish project, raising concerns that there could be more charges to come. The [...]
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