As part of their Net Zero Action Plan, the St Albans City and District Council are working in partnership with photo voltaic installer IDDEA Ltd to help homeowners and businesses install discounted solar panels.

Any individual or business in the district can apply for the discounted installation.

The Solar Streets project offers discounted solar PV installation at £4,000 for a 12 panel, 4kWp system. That system will save 1.01 T of carbon dioxide per year and each installation adds £50 to a community fund to be spent to help install solar panels on community buildings in the town.

Find out more about the campaign and how you can take advantage of it by visiting the St Albans Solar Streets website.

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Case Study 1

“Our system has a capacity of 2.25kWp with 9 panels and cost £5,200 in 2015.  The average electricity generated has been 2,033 kWh, which is higher than our usage of 1,579 kWh, although during the winter and in the evenings we still import from the grid. It’s very self regulating and we just have to take a meter reading so the Feed-in Tariff payments can be made every quarter. The only issue we have had is to add in protective wiring around the base of the panels to prevent birds from nesting underneath.”

JB, St Albans

Case Study 2

“Our system has a capacity of 5.4kWp with 14 panels and cost £8,000 in 2020.  The expected average electricity generated is 5,000 kWh and we are using around half the amount produced. We expect to break even on the investment in around 11 years and we get 5.4p/kWh for the electricity we produce but don’t use via the Smart Energy Guarantee from our supplier.”

KM, Harpenden