As politicians prepare for the monumental global climate change summit to be held in Copenhagen this December, The Telegraph reports that home owners are keen to do their bit and are becoming ‘increasingly interested’ in Solar Panels. The Telegraph suggests that home-owners are keener than ever to install Solar Panels onto their home, despite lack of support from the government.

Despite recent Government warnings, relayed by Professor David MacKay, which predict increased national power cuts within the next seven years and champion the installations of Solar Panels, the government has done little to help home-owners interested in having these installed.

In Germany the Government has helped over 130,000 homes with the cost of installing Solar technology. This is quite an achievement in comparison to the UK Government, as a paltry 1720 home-owners have benefited from the British Government’s Low Carbon Buildings Programme grants system.

However, the future is looking up (literally!) for home-owners who are going to undertake home improvement renovations and are willing to spend the estimated £10,000 to install solar panels. The cost has come down by around fifteen per cent within the last five years and also the Government has proposed a Clean Energy Cash back scheme, due to take effect in April 2010, whereby home-owners will receive cash back for generating their own electric and feeding the surplus into the national grid.

Recent studies have also showed that Solar PV cells have greater longevity than previously anticipated, based on cells installed in the sixties, which are now still running at eighty per cent capacity! Remember, if you are planning to make low carbon home improvements to your property then is it worth checking out the Energy Saving Trust and the Low Carbon Buildings Programmes to see if you qualify for any Governmental/grant assistance.

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