Energy for Home.

[Sujal]

Solar or Wind energy.How to purchase cheaply.Any benefit from the goverment.All comment's are welcomed.

[dilligaf]

I was once told that solar panels would coist around �7000 for the average 3 bedroom house and it would take about 10 years to recoup your money,

Can't help with wind energy. (not the sort you are interested in)

[mimififi]

if you find that you can't afford the installation of personal reuseable energies, then you could just change to a company who guarentees that all their energy is from renewable sources. This is what I have just done.

Try searching for "the good energy company" and see if you can switch. It is not particularly cheaper, it was in fact no different than sweb, but I would rather pay a reuseable company than not.

I found them after reading a really good book by friends of the earth called: "save cash and the planet." It was full of excellent ideas for both....

[mimififi]

In fact, here it is: http://www.good-energy.co.uk/

also, I forgot to say I borrowed the book from my library so you could order it from yours if they don't have it.

[Goofy]

yes you can get grants - and I believe comet or curry (can't remember which) are now selling photovoltaic cells

[Catso]

The grants seem to be a bit intermittent; they get a wad of money, grant it and then there's nothing available till the next lot.

I'd go for solar, not wind. I believe using the sun to heat water (for hot water or central heating) is more efficient that converting to electricity.

Yes, pay-back time is usually 8-10 years.

There's a site that shows all the grants, by region. Can't remember the name, google for it.