Until 2010, there was a financial incentive to generate renewable electricity in the UK only you did it on a large scale. Many small renewable generators produced too little electricity to claim Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs), and even for those who were eligible, the effort required was often not justified by the financial return.
Good Energy is a UK electricity supplier that sells only renewable electricity to its customers. It set up the ‘Home Generation’ scheme to encourage more renewable generation at local level. The scheme made a payment to small-scale renewable energy generators for each kWh that they generated.
Total renewable energy generation in 2006 was 460 MWh.
This avoided the emission of about 250 tonnes of CO2.
Home Generation provides an incentive for small renewable generators to produce as much electricity as possible, and encourages increased takeup.
"It's not just the money. It means a lot to us to reduce carbon emissions."
Sian Liwickis, Home Generation customer
