RE: [ADreg-kn:0] Digest for ADreg-kn@googlegroups.com - 2 Messages in 1 Topic
Colin Trier
I think these are two separate tariffs. One for under 500kw capacity the other for over.. The payment is for generation but if you export to the grid you get the additional bit of the payment.. Clearly most advantageous to use all the electricity generated on site?
Please correct this if it any part is not right.
Thanks
Colin
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Topic: AD - Feed in Tariff Banding
Peter <peter....@googlemail.com> Feb 08 10:00AM -0800 ^
I would be pleased to get clarification on the banding of Anaerobic
Digester output.
As I understand it........
<500kW - 11p + minimum of 3p export tariff
>500kW - 9p + minimum of 3p export tariff
Does this mean that all the electricity produced by a plant with an
output of 510kW would be at the 9+3p rate or is it the first 500kW
would be at the 11+3p rate and output and from 500kW up would be at
9+3p rate.
It seems to me that they should pay at the 11+3p rate for the first
~4380000kWh (500kW*365days*24hrs) whatever the plant and then drop to
the 9+3p rate.
I am of the opinion that there should have been an additional lower
band at a higher rate. But I guess we are too late for that.
Best regards
Peter
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Karen Murray <karen....@plymouth.ac.uk> Feb 09 03:12AM -0800 ^
Peter,
My understanding is that the banding relates to installed capacity.
Therefore, if the installed capacity of the plant is 510kW, it would
fall into the 9p + export tariff band.
I have reproduced paragraph 31 of The Government Response to the
Consultation on Feed-In-Tariffs for info:
"Definition of an installation / site
31. Given that the Energy Act 2008 places a total capacity limit on
individual FITs installations, and that the tariffs will be banded by
technology and total installed capacity, we recognise the need to
establish how an individual installation is defined in order to verify
capacity limits per installation. We aim to avoid creating perverse
incentives such as under-sizing plants or registering two
installations by splitting one installation artificially into two in
order to benefit from FITs or a higher tariff within FITs (e.g. a 6MW
wind farm made up of four 1.5MW turbines “split” into two 3MW wind
farms made up of two 1.5MW turbines). However, we believe that the
structure and levels of FITs and their interaction with the RO are
such that the risks of this behaviour will be small. The draft licence
modifications and the FITs order will set out provisions to minimise
these risks. The key provisions are:
• if a generator installs two different technologies on a single site
(e.g. a PV panel and a wind turbine) they will be classed as two
different installations;
• if the generator has multiple installations of the same technology,
they will be classed as a single installation site when determining
the tariff;
• site is defined in relation to a number of factors including
address, map reference and electricity meter identification;.
• any expansion of an installation within 12 months (of the same
technology) will be treated as an increase in the capacity of the
installation; if an expansion takes place more than one year after
confirmation in the Central FITs Register, the expansion will be
treated as a separate station - the original installation will be
treated as having continued in the same class, while the new
installation will be rated at the capacity of the aggregate of the two
stations."
The full Response is on the DECC website:
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/what_we_do/uk_supply/energy_mix/renewable/policy/feedin_tarriff/feedin_tarriff.aspx
You'll need to scroll down to near the bottom of the page to open the
linked document.
I hope this is useful
Best Wishes
Karen Murray