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Govt. announce new incentives for home renewable electricity and heat.

From April 2010 householders generating electricity should receive about £1000 per year through the new feed-in tariff which will pay around 43p/unit for all electricity generated even if you use it yourself!

And from April 2011 similar payments will be available for renewable heat like solar collectors and heat pumps.

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Updated: 17 August, 2010

Transition Portishead

The twin problems of Climate Change and Peak Oil present massive challenges to societies across the world.

Effective responses need to be made at Global and National levels. However this will not be enough if we, individually, do not respond with equal urgency and commitment. Transition Portishead aims to help the people of Portishead work together as a community to adapt to a changing and uncertain future - in other words to make the transition to a lower carbon, less oil world.

Transition Portishead is raising awareness about these issues, organising projects around the themes of food, energy, and recycling, and developing a programme of workshops with local schools. Our next big event is the home energy day where you can find out how to reduce the carbon footprint of your home. Download the poster