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posted by martyb on Thursday September 07 2017, @01:37AM   Printer-friendly
from the power-to-the-people dept.

Solar panels are to be installed in 800,000 low-income homes across England and Wales over the next five years, as part of a new government scheme.

The Dutch firm, Maas Capital, is investing £160m in the project.

The panels, which will be free to tenants, are expected to cut hundreds of pounds from energy bills, according to the UK firm Solarplicity.

The first people to benefit from the scheme include residents of a sheltered retirement home in Ealing, west London.

Speaking at the site, International Trade minister Greg Hands said: "This initial £160m capital expenditure programme will deliver massive benefits to some of the UK's poorest households.

"As well as creating 1,000 jobs and delivering cheaper energy bills for up to 800,000 homes, it shows yet another vote of confidence in the UK as a place to invest and do business."

The firm providing the panels, Solarplicity, will work with more than 40 social landlords, including local authorities across England and Wales.

It will profit from the payments received under the feed-in tariff scheme and payments for energy from social housing customers.


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by FatPhil on Thursday September 07 2017, @07:06AM

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Thursday September 07 2017, @07:06AM (#564455) Homepage
    In the hilly parts of the country (north and wales), where it's always raining, and oh my goodness - overcast all the time.

    I've lived for a while in the north of England, it rained every day. We used to holiday in Wales every year when I was a kid, it rained every day. This needs to be rolled out in East Anglia where there are no bodies of water to saturate the air, and it's as flat as a pancake, so no relief changes to force the non-existent water vapour out onto raindrops.
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