Today Community Energy England launched the results of their survey on the impact of the proposed changes to Feed-in Tariffs on community energy. The results have been startling with 90% of the 80 respondents said their developing projects are completely (67%) or partially (23%) at risk due to the FITs review. This represents a capital investment of £127 million that is now not likely to happen.
The report also importantly assesses the additional value that community energy projects bring through generating revenue to the local economy, community benefit funds, energy savings and sharing expertise.
The full report can be accessed here.
A summary report is available here.
Community Energy England is urging individuals and organisations to respond to DECC’s FiTs consultation by this Friday. Full details are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-a-review-of-the-feed-in-tariff-scheme
Please also consider signing up to 10:10’s Keep FiTs campaign: http://keepfits.org/