Welcome to the February EPIC Lincolnshire update
A cold, snowy winter seems to be causing some to confuse weather changes with climate change trends leading to a slightly downbeat national attitude in the aftermath of Copenhagen. However, as Lincolnshire’s After Copenhagen conference made very clear, the challenges remain but there are also opportunities for response and these are sometimes best addressed at the local level. Successful, grass roots projects can send strong encouragement up the tree of government and perhaps provide impetus for the national and international dialogues that were so sadly lacking at the UN’s COP 15 event.
The new Feed – in – Tariffs for renewable electrical generation may give a significant boost to local generation if the capital and funding numbers can be
made to stack up. They may open the door to many more households becoming involved in the renewable energy sector through the installation of their own solar photovoltaivs. However the average capital expenditure of around £5,000 per kilowatt-hour of installed pv can be quite inhibitory to many especially with the abrupt withdrawal of domestic low carbon buildings programme grants. However the projected return on investment of 7 – 10% on retro fitted pv looks a lot more attractive than many savings accounts will offer. So how about it Mr Banker; are there opportunities to provide elements within your mortgages to help home owners make solar pv, micro wind turbines or solar thermal the new 'must have' for those remortgaging or moving house?
Any comments to editor@epic-lincolnshire.org
Up coming events
The Sustainable Schools Showcase at the EPIC Centre builds on a very successful event in 2009. The Lincolnshire Agricultural Society’s Spring Lecture covers the topical debate about the support of science for agriculture and the challenge of increasing demand for food. On Tuesday 30th March the SUSTAIN Lincolnshire project will beholding its inaugural event at the EPIC Centre.
The main calendar is also becoming busy again as we emerge from winter with a range of events from across the county. Please don’t forget that this is your website so keep sending in information on events and reports on those that have already happened.
