3/9/09 - With only four months left of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme grant scheme Phase I, homeowners have to be quick to secure the £2,500 grants before the scheme finishes at the end of March 2010.

The Green Electrician has increased its installation team to keep up with the surge in solar PV installations in the New Year.  "We only have a few slots still available before the end of March, so it is very much first come gets extra bonus of the grant," confirms director, Stephen Davies.

Whilst the Feed-in Tariff scheme (Clean Energy Cash Back) does not start until 1 April 2010, all installations from now until then are eligible for the new tariff which proposes to pay up to 41.5p for a unit of electricity.The consultation period is now over and the Office of Renewable Energy Deployment has been tasked with addressing the 700-odd responses.  We have been informed that the results and details of how the scheme will be deployed will be available in January 2010.