Green energy on a house in Leedstown
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The photograph on this page of Green energy on a house in Leedstown by Rod Allday as part of the Geograph project.
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Green energy on a house in Leedstown
Image: © Rod Allday Taken: 21 Oct 2011
This house has both solar water heating panels and photovoltaic cells to gain free energy from the sun's rays. The high sunshine levels and clear air quality in Cornwall have given rise to many people installing PV cell arrays to take advantage of the Government's Feed In Tariff scheme whereby they will receive payment for producing electricity in this manner. However, the payments are due to be reduced drastically for any systems installed after 1 December 2011 so it remains to be seen whether the current installation rate will continue. It's unfortunate that the installations are such an eyesore and are not subject to planning approval except on listed buildings or in conservation areas.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.160848
Longitude
-5.355752