Darlington Borough Council in partnership with Narec are running a free one day course which is ideal for anyone interested in developing a greater understanding of the financial benefits to be gained from installing small to medium scale renewable technologies that generate electricity.
Narec, providers of R&D, consultancy, test and demonstration facilities for the renewable and electrical power sectors, are committed to accelerating the deployment and grid integration of renewable energy and low carbon technologies. As part of this initiative Narec’s Distributed Energy division is organising a one day course: “Financial Incentives for Micro Generation of Electricity.”
Training and development is an integral part of the new and renewable energy sector and this course is one of a series of high quality training courses specifically designed to meet the skills and knowledge requirements for the microrenewables and distributed energy sector.
The Government will use powers in the Energy Act 2008 to introduce a system of feed-in tariffs (FITs) to incentivise small scale, low carbon electricity generation. The FIT scheme which was launched on the 1st April 2010 is designed to encourage deployment of additional low carbon electricity generation, particularly by organisations, businesses, communities and individuals who are not traditionally engaged in the electricity market. This “clean energy cash-back” will allow many people and companies to invest in small scale low carbon electricity, in return for a guaranteed payment for the electricity they generate.
These feed-in tariffs will work alongside the Renewables Obligation (RO), which will remain the primary mechanism to encourage deployment of large-scale renewable electricity generation, and the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) which will incentivise generation of heat from renewable sources at all scales. The Government launched the Renewable Heat Incentive consultation on the 1st February 2010.
The course will cover the following topics:
• An explanation of the FIT process
• Challenges of small wind systems in the built environment
• Solar PV installation issues
• PV technology overview and state of the art
• The Microgeneration Certification (MCS) scheme
• An illustration of how the FIT can work using a variety of case studies
• Introduction to RHI
• Possibilities for creation of Energy Supply Companies ESCOs
• Questions and answers
Financial Incentives for Micro Generation of Electricity is being held at Darlington Rugby Club on 10th August 2010 and pre-registration is essential. For further information please contact Suzanne or Katie on 01325 388 686/388 943 or email business.support@darlington.gov.uk
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