Feed in Tariff Degression

Have your Solar Panels fitted now and you will benefit from the current Feed-in Tariff rate, which presently delivers up to a 15% return on your investment. The Government will reduce the PV Solar Feed-in Tariff starting rate from April 2012.

Those with a Solar PV system installed before then will remain on the current rate, which only goes up with inflation. These customers can therefore generate up to £5,000 more than households who buy after April 2012. The table below shows how the Feed-in Tariff changes over the first 5 years:

Scale Tariff Level for new installations (p/kWh)
up to
31/3/11		 up to
31/3/12		 up to
31/3/13		 up to
31/3/14		 up to
31/3/15
Up to 4 kWp (new property) 36.1 36.1 33.0 30.2 27.6
Up to 4 kWp (existing=20 property) 41.3 43.3 37.8 34.6 31.6
Over 4 kWp up to 10 kWp 36.1 36.1 33.0 30.2 27.6
Time left to secure highest rate
Feed-In-Tariff for 25 years