Wind Turbines
There's never been a better time to get a wind turbine.
In April 2010, UK government legislation introduced a generous incentive dubbed 'The Clean Energy Cashback'. Under the scheme, a tax-free financial reward is paid to owners of small wind turbines generating carbon-free energy who are helping the country to meet its renewable energy commitments.
For a 10kW owner, this means every unit of energy generated earns 26.7p, regardless of whether the energy is used by the owner or exported onto the National Grid. Energy exported to the grid attracts a further payment of at least 3p per unit and of course energy which is used on site leads to a reduction in the usual energy bill, so is typically worth 12p per unit. Overall, 10kW owners with a strong wind resource could earn up to an extra £14,000 per turbine per year including energy bill savings, paying back their initial investment in less than 3 years.
For the 1.5kW Airsurfer, the Clean Energy Cashback is even higher at 31.5p per unit, enabling the Airsurfer to compete with larger turbines in terms of return on investment, despite it's smaller size.
The Clean Energy Cashback payments are more than double the market value of electricity and are received from your energy utility company. Payments are funded by a general levy on everyone's electricity prices, so as a bill payer, if you're not receiving the cash back, then indirectly you're paying for someone else's!
