Funding & Planning
Below is useful information on funding and planning your Proven Energy Turbine.
UK Feed-in Tariffs (fIt's)
Today (1st February 2010) the UK Government announced the tariffs and details of the renewable energy FiT's for the UK.
Wind >1.5 - 15kW receives a payment of 26.7 (p/kWh) in the first and second years, with a degression for the remainder of the 20 years.
Click here for more information.
FUNDING
Whether you plan to buy a turbine or are interested in becoming a partner, Proven Energy understands how important incentives can be towards enabling renewable energy purchases. Proven Energy works hard alongside other small wind manufacturers and supportive organizations to press lawmakers worldwide for every bit of support we can manage.
Below you will find information on grants and funding in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the rest of the UK, and North America. More international grants and funding information is coming soon!
UNITED KINGDOM
UK NEWS FLASH - February 2010
The Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP), Phase-1 and Phase-2 has closed to all new applications for grants for electrical microgeneration as of 5pm, Wednesday 3rd February, which follows the publication of the Government’s consultation on the Feed-In Tariffs (FIT’s).
UK NEWS FLASH - September 2009
LONDON BOROUGHS, ENGLAND: Ten London boroughs have won funding to make changes and will have access to resources such as energy advisers and renewable energy products. Each winning borough will be awarded at least £200,000 to pioneer energy efficiency and carbon reduction measures in the capital covering 13,000 homes, around 1,000 shops and businesses and 20 schools. And there is good news too for the boroughs who did not make the grade this time. The Energy Saving Trust will be advising them on how they can improve their carbon footprint and create a lower carbon community. Click here to find out more.
UK NEWS FLASH - June 2009
Rural Development Programme of England has had some extra funding for farmers in England. New funding for installation of renewable energy technologies will be launched in July 2009. Click here for more information.
Please see below for the following grants in your area. Please feel free to get in contact with marketing@provenenergy.com if you feel a grant applicable to small scale wind turbines should appear here.
UK & Northern Ireland - Householders
UK & Northern Ireland - Communities, Public Sector and Not-for-profit Organisations
UK & Northern Ireland - Rural Grants
Scotland - Community Renewable Energy Toolkit
USA
Under United States law, a federal-level investment tax credit (ITC) is available to help consumers purchase small wind turbines for home, farm, or business use. Owners of small wind systems with 100 kilowatts (kW) of capacity or less can receive a credit for 30% of the total installed cost of the system.
Current Status: The ITC, written into law through the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, is available for equipment installed from October 3, 2008 through December 31, 2016. The value of the credit is now uncapped, through the ARRA of 2009. Another provision of the ARRA is a new cash grant program through the U.S. Treasury that certain taxpayers may elect to use in lieu of claiming the 30% federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC). However, this grant is NOT applicable to residential consumers (as defined in Internal Revenue Code Section 25D), but rather only to entities as defined in Sections 45 and 48, which, generally, are businesses.
All Proven Energy wind energy systems qualify for the United States federal small wind ITC and cash grant program including the Proven 7, Proven 11, and Proven 35 turbines.
Many other states have additional funding and grant opportunities. For state by state details on all renewable energy and energy efficiency incentives for the USA please visit:
CANADA
Can WEA features details on all incentives relative to small wind in Canada here:
Planning
Renewable energies and specifically the type of wind turbines you are going for will need planning permission before you start creating your own power!
The planning departments are there to regulate, enhance and regenerate the areas we live and work in. It is often said that Planning Officers look at the ‘big picture’ to best determine developments that will impact on an area, your area. In your area there may be local policies and national guidelines to adhere to, it is best practice to find this out when applying.
The documents below have been put together by planning professionals to aid you with gaining planning permission. We hope by following our advice and that of your local planning department, you will get planning approval for your wind turbine. Indeed you will be contributing to the ‘bigger picture’ of reducing our impact on the environment.
Download our UK Planning Pack for more information.
UK Planning Pack (1.6mb PDF)
Download a USA policy guideline document identifying tools that USA state and local governments can use to bring the private and public benefits of small wind turbines to their communities (created by AWEA).
Download a USA planning pack for the USA market (created by AWEA).
Although funding and planning issue are different in every region we have tried to give a decent overview of some of the funding options available in several leading renewables markets. We’ve also included what we believe to be a standard planning pack to help guide you through this process. For more detailed local expertise please contact your local reseller.
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