Some of the schemes named below have since closed. This article is kept as it was written; it is not a guide to what is available now.
- The Feed-in Tariff — closed to new applicants in April 2019.
For what is currently available, see grants and energy advice.
Since the Feed-in Tariffs (FIT) scheme started in 2010 there have been 568,612 FIT installations accredited across Great Britain and we are still seeing approximately 2,500 new installations being registered per week.
The 568,612 FIT installations can be broken down into technology type:
- 561,185 solar photovoltaic
- 6,256 wind
- 546 hydro
- 490 microchip
- 135 anaerobic digestion
A regional breakdown of installations is provided in the document below.
Feed-in Tariffs community energy installations
In December 2014 we saw a significant increase in community energy installation applications which schools and community groups can apply for.
https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/92722/fits3gwmilestone.pdf