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Victoria LancasterMA (Hons), MRICS
Chartered Rural Planning Surveyor
Renewables Opportunities
•Which suits you?
•Tariff changes
•Biomass information
Shares of Electricity Generation
• Amount paid by farmers for energy in 2013: £1.01billion
• Most farms can bring renewable technologies into their farm strategy
• 4 - 10 year payback on 20 year ‘tied-in’ tariff
• Which one best fits your business?
SAFE
RISK-O-METER
RISKY
Feed In TariffsFeed In TariffsFeed In TariffsFeed In Tariffs
Feed-In Tariffs (up to 5MW)
• FIT lifetime: APRIL 2010 – 2021• APRIL 2012 Major cuts introduced for PV• DECEMBER 2012 Cuts for other technologies• Stricter digression mechanism:
– Quarterly for solar PV (min 3.5%)– Annual reduction for other technologies and…
– Contingent (depending on take up)
• + Pre-accreditation
Solar Farm Lease – pros and cons12MW 70acres
4.6MW30acres
2MW10acres
5MW 30acres
On-roof Solar PV
20kW array
Solar Tracker
Commercial Renewable Heat IncentiveCommercial Renewable Heat Incentive
Heat Costs
Digression
•Budget 2011 to 2015: £860m. 2016? Will run to 2020?
• There will be a degression trigger for each tariff band and for the RHI as a whole. Assessments will be made quarterly.
• The trigger for degression in each band is set at 150% of the expected levels for that technology
• Once an individual tariff trigger is hit, the tariff will be reduced by 5%, with provision for subsequent reductions of 10% and 20% if expenditure levels are not falling back after the initial reduction
How the biomass CRHI tariff is calculated:
1.Boiler Sizing: supplier will size your boiler according to your current energy usage and profile.
2. The RHI states that the heating profile is 13.14% of the total annual maximum capacity of the boiler. This equates to 1314kWh.
3. Example: 100Kw boiler:
100 x 1314 = your Tier 1 hours @ 8.4p/kWh = £11,038 per year
Plus additional Tier 2 hours @ 1.9p/kWh
Plus savings on buying fossil fuels/electricity
Installations April 2014
TAX
Talk to your accountant
The UK remains committed to its legally binding 15% renewable energy target by 2020
2012 position: 4.1%
What we can do to help…• Phase I
- Feasibility
• Phase II- Planning Application if required
• Phase III- Project Management
In summary: Whether you have 30 or 3,000 acres we can advise and
guide you to a bespoke solution that suits your farm and your long term goals.