New California Solar Power Energy Measures
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California recently approved several new bills that will help spur growth in solar power. They affect how California’s power market works and encourage people to setup more solar panel systems.
The first bill AB920 requires California’s utilities to buy extra solar power you generate. This usually occurs during most day time hours, when you are generating more power than you are consuming. If you made more over the course of a year than you used, before you would receive zero.
A second bill SB32 expands “feed-in tarriffs” that set prices for renewable energy from businesses with solar arrays.
Another bill SB695 raises electricity rates, based on the inflation rate, of customers who use little power.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 8:55 am
The UK is to introduce a Feed-in tariff from April 2010. Small-scale energy producers will be offered a fixed, premium rate for renewable energy fed-in to the grid. This energy is bought by the utility companies which are obliged under the legislation to buy the units of energy over a set number of years.
The consultation period has just ended. Some are saying that the tariff levels have been set too low and that existing microgenerators will actually end up receiving less.
Sussex-based SolarUK has already seen a spur in interest in its solar thermal systems, as they look increasingly cost-effective in the face of rising oil and electricity prices. It also installs PV systems: maybe it will see a boost in interest in its panels in the light of the new scheme.