Telegraph UK reports that the British government will soon reverse its existing policy and will move to solar feed-in tariffs. The upshot is that Britain consumers will now be in a far better position to pursue economically feasible solar installations for their homes.
This is fantastic news by any standard. This also appears to be the early stages of a convergence between Conservative (Tory) and Labour interests on the issue of solar specifically and renewable energy in general. While the Tories will get an opportunity here to make noise about being first to the punch on supporting feed-in tariffs, any short-term political points will probably pale in comparison to the advantages for Labour long-term in being on the right side of history and policy. As always, good policy is good politics.
Adopting feed-in tariffs is a sensible enough move that it’s surprising that it has taken this long. They are a simple and efficient way of making solar investments economical and growing an installed solar base. As with many issues related to energy and climate change measures, simpler is better. With Britain set to make its turnaround, solar will only gain momentum worldwide. This could even set the stage for the adoption of further solar incentives in the United States, especially with a change in administrations for 2009.
The details of the formal policy should be great material to analyze, but for the moment, the thought of the change to come is more than enough to tide me over.
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