A British housing authority plans to install solar panels at least on 650 homes in 2012. The joint project between South Yorkshire Housing Authority and SolarCentury to build solar residential on 10 percent of its 4,000 of existing properties.
The project is expected to build solar housing which a house would be able to provide 30 percent of electricity needs, or about 1410 kWh for a year. If calculated by the cost, this could save up to £ 130 per year. It also give advantage for the residents to sell back to the grid of premium price that they get for electricity.
In addition, the scheme also expected to reduce 350 tons of emissions produced in each year. SolarCentury party states that revenue will go back into the wider benefits such as cuts energy cost and increasing job opportunities. They argue that the feed-in tariff rates are good for retrofitting properties so that solar panels can also be applied to older houses.
