Feed-in tariffs
Feed-in tariffs were set up by the government to encourage the uptake of solar electricity systems. Your profit is made up of three elements:
Value at 22 November 2017
Generation tariff
Get paid for electricity generated by the solar panels
£3,462
Export tariff
Get paid for exporting electricity, even if you don’t export any
£2,078
Electricity savings
Since some electricity is generated by the solar electricity system
£5,999
Total value of £11,539