Subsidies
March 19, 2006: If you are British citizen and want to know about solar grants and subsidies, download an application form and set the ball rolling now. It's easier than you think. Need help deciding which grant to apply for? Call our enquiry line on 0800 298 3978. - surf to www.est.org.uk/myhome/generating/funding/solarapplication/
May 14, 2005: Grants for renewables for private housholds in the UK: see: www.est.org.uk/myhome/, and see also the website Clear-Skies
May 10, 2005: Subsidies in the USA: survey of incentives at www.dsireusa.org/
May 12, 2004: No subsidies in The Netherlands for some time to come. October 20003, the center-right administration has suddenly cut all subsidies for renewables and raised those taxes that were originally meant to pay the bill for subsidizing renewable energy. As a consequence, investment in renewable energy is down the drain and it is feared that The Netherlands is not going to meet its Kyoto committments. Yet the Dutch government firmly remains committed to green. It has suddenly put all its stakes on the massive burning on things like pig dung and waste (it's being called 'biomass')(!). At the local level, some cities and municipalities offer incentives of some sort (see the Dutch page on subsidies).
Citizens of other European countries are much better off than poor us, Dutchmen, at least if they have a government that does not pay lip service and window dressing like our government does. For instance, Germany, Spain, switzerland, Austria, Portugal, and even tiny Belgium offer government grants towards the installation of PV panels and thermal solar energy units, or they provide a generous environmen for their citizens who feed their solare lectricity back into the grid. -in of solar electricity
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The animation on the right reflects the outcome of a computer model according to a 'business as usual modei' and a model in which humankind has picked up the challenge and cut CO2 emissions. Source: BBC website. Abolishing subsidies is a clear example of preferring the 'business as usual' model.
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UK private homeowners who are interested in solar energy may surf to www.est.org.uk/solar/. There is subsidy waiting between 40 and 60 per cent in support of your committment to the environment.
