About the Scheme
The scheme guarantees a minimum payment for all electricity generated by the system, as well as a separate payment for the electricity exported to grid. These payments are in addition to the bill savings made by using the electricity generated onsite.
Feed-in tariffs are designed so that the average monthly income from your installation will be significantly greater than your monthly loan repayment (with a 25 year loan).
The tariffs available and the process for receiving them vary, depending on when the technology was installed, and whether the system and the installer were certificated under the MCS* scheme.
You will qualify for the full FIT payments if:
- The technology was installed between 15th July 2009 and 31st March 2010 and you transferred to FITs before 1st April; OR
- It is installed after 1st April 2010 using an MCS* certificated product and installer;
* The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) is an independent scheme that certificates microgeneration products under 50kW and installers in accordance with consistent standards.
For more detailed information on the Feed-in Tariff see the Government's Energy Saving Trust web site.
The rate of income will be determined by the size of the system and the current proposals are as detailed below;
| System Type | Size | Rate / kWh | Rate / kWh previous | Rate / kWh current | Myriad Systems |
| Wind | 0-15kW | 28.0p | 1 X Gaia 133 | ||
| Wind | 15kW - 100kW | 25.3p | 2 - 9 X Gaia 133 or 1 x Northern Power 100 or 1 X WES 18 | ||
| Wind | 100kW - 500kW | 19.7p | 1 - 5 x Northern Power 100 or 2 - 6 X WES 18 or 1 - 2 X WES 30 | ||
| Wind | 500kW - 1,500kW | 9.9p | 5 - 15 x Northern Power 100 or 2 - 6 X WES 30 | ||
| Wind | 1,500kW - 5,000kW | 4.7p | |||
| Solar | 4kW or less (new build) |
|
37.8p | 21.0p | |
| Solar | 4kW or less (retrofit) |
|
43.3p | 21.0p | |
| Solar | >4-10kW | 37.8p | 16.8p | ||
| Solar | >10-50kW | 32.9p | 15.2p | ||
| Solar | >50-100kW | 19p | 12.9p | ||
| Solar | >100kW-150kW | 19p | 12.9p | ||
| Solar | >150kW-250kW | 15p | 12.9p | ||
| Solar | >250kW-5MW | 8.5p | 8.5p | ||
| Solar | stand alone | 8.5p | 8.5p |
Any installations installed after 12th December 2011 will receive the current tariff until March 31st 2012. They will then reduce to the proposed new rate for the remainder of the time