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SOLAR ENERGY FOCUS

the monthly equipment finance costs, effectively making the
investment zero net cost or even cash positive. In order to
qualify for funding under the EEF businesses have to be
established and have traded for a minimum of 3 years. Prior
to finance being approved, Carbon Trust Implementation
Services conduct an independent energy savings assessment

in order to verify that the expected energy savings to be
made with the new equipment to be installed will match or
exceed the equipment finance payments.

Rent-a-roof schemes are
available to households
with EPC band D or higher
seeking to lease their roofs
for 20-25 years in order
to house solar PV panels.
You do not have to find any
cash upfront for the panels
and you benefit from the
free electricity produced
by the system. The installer
typically takes all of the
generation and export tariff
payments paid out under
the FIT scheme.

The number of community-
owned renewable schemes
in the UK is small by
comparison with Germany,
where over half of
renewable-energy capacity
is community-owned.
Those UK-based projects
which are not eligible for the
EEF or rent-a-roof schemes
may still be feasible thanks
to crowdfunding.

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