Solar Energy... Press Quotes.

Is solar power a bright investment?

says Miles Brignall, The Guardian 6th of February 2010

It costs £12,500 to install solar cells on your roof, but new tariffs should give you a return of at least £25,000. So what's the catch? There isn't one.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/apr/28/solar-panel-installations-surge-uk

Solar panels: a tax-free return of 10pc pa

John Greenwood - The Telegraph 6th of May 2010

A tax-free, index-linked return of 10 per cent a year, guaranteed for 25 years may sound too good to be true. But this is the level of return the Government claims you could receive by investing in a solar panel system for your home.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/7684155/Solar-panels-a-tax-free-return-of-10pc-pa.html

Solar energy is at a crossroads – and the government must do a U-turn

The government has a choice – invest in solar and create jobs, or slash subsidies and cripple British industrial growth. The evidence in favour of a different approach is overwhelming; with the right investment now, solar power can be cheaper, or at least no more expensive than average energy to produce (so-called grid parity), in the UK within a few years – and in countries with better-supported solar industries, much sooner than that. Caroline Lucas, the Uk's first Green MP, The Guardian 4th of July 2011

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2011/jul/04/solar-energy-britain-subsidies-fits

Surge in solar panel installations on UK
household roofs

Adam Vaughan The Guardian 28th of April 2011

• Government subsidies driving demand for panels
• Expert says fall in price removes need for feed-in tariff review

The lure of making nearly £1,000 a year has led to a record 11,314 people, largely homeowners, installing solar panels in the first three months of this year. The 'solar gold rush' appears to have been driven by the introduction of feed-in tariffs (Fits) last year, which pay businesses, groups and individuals for generating green energy.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/apr/28/solar-panel-installations-surge-uk

Solar panels: what a bright idea

Gordon Miller and Emma Wells The Sunday Times 7th of February 2010

Fitting solar panels could make financial sense when the government pays up to 44p a unit for home-grown electricity.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7017238.ece