Mar 2010

Marlow has teamed up with 100% renewable electricity supplier Good Energy in an ambitious project to deliver over 100 solar energy systems in the town, in order to help make the transition to a low carbon community and become more energy self-sufficient.

The “Marlow 100 Solar Project” aims to leverage the buying power of Marlow residents in order to achieve big savings for the community - if over 100 households commit to installing solar power then all will benefit from a 20% reduction in the cost.

Last week the government announced the payments it will make to households installing solar panels through its new feed-in tariffs which make investing in solar technology far more financially attractive and greatly reduce payback times. Good Energy is the leading supporter of independent renewable generators in the UK, paying more than 1000 generators for the energy they produce, and has been running its own feed-in tariff for five years so really understands and can effectively deliver the scheme.

Hugo House, Head of Generation Marketing at Good Energy said: “Marlow is a pioneering town, setting a great example of how individuals can work together on making the transition to a low carbon community and become more energy self-sufficient. With the introduction of new payments for domestic green energy generators the time has never been better to become an energy entrepreneur. Marlow’s campaign is simple but effective and Good Energy is committed to help make it a great success.”

Philip Ditchfield, a founding member of Transition Town Marlow, said: “We’re delighted to be teaming up with Good Energy. Marlow is a special town with a strong sense of community and many of the residents appreciate that we need to cut our carbon emissions and that cutting our energy consumption and our energy bills is just good common sense. The partnership that we have created with Good Energy is allowing us to bring great quality and certified technology to the people of Marlow at an excellent price. We hope that many Marlow residents take advantage of this wonderful opportunity and help us kick-start the transition to a low carbon future.”

The Mayor of Marlow, Neil Marshall, already has solar panels on his own property. He said: “This project will help us move forward into the C21st with a new wave of confidence in Marlow as an early adopter of the sort of renewable energy technologies that are necessary inevitable and desirable.”

Transition Town Marlow has produced a brochure about the Marlow 100 Solar Project , including information about different solar technologies, costs and potential future earnings. To download a copy visit www.transitionmarlow.org
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Good Energy,  is partnering with the Energy Saving Trust to train its customer care team to offer expert, impartial energy efficiency advice.

Good Energy the UK’s only dedicated 100% renewable electricity supplier,will be the first electricity supplier to undertake the Energy Saving Trust’s energy efficiency advice programme, which will see its customer care team, based at its offices in Wiltshire, trained to the Energy Saving Trust endorsed advice standard.

The endorsed advice service is a new initiative from the Energy Saving Trust which aims to provide partner organisations like Good Energy with the tools to deliver trustworthy, effective advice to their customers.

Good Energy CEO and founder Juliet Davenport said: “As a supplier of only renewable electricity, our vision for the UK electricity system is to have an increasing proportion of energy sourced from renewable energy.  Core to being able to achieve this is for our society to use less energy.  The Energy Saving Trust is a trusted source of energy efficiency advice for UK consumers and we are partnering with them to provide our customers with a team of expertly-trained staff who can advise them on practical ways to cut their energy consumption - as part of our wider mission for the UK.”

Over the 10 years since it was founded, Good Energy has implemented a range of initiatives to help its customers save energy and reduce their electricity bills. The Energy Saving Trust training will complement the training Good Energy gives its staff through its own Customer Care Academy, as well as advice and energy efficiency products offered through its online Good Energy Shop.

Energy Saving Trust CEO Philip Sellwood said: “For me this partnership is a win-win. Good Energy and their customers know that the advice and information given to them has been developed and verified by the Energy Saving Trust - an independent and trusted organisation. And it enables us to reach individuals that we would not be able to without this partnership.”

Good Energy also plans to join the Energy Saving Trust’s solar thermal monitoring trial to evaluate the performance of domestic solar thermal installations generating renewable heat across the country. Good Energy has been pioneering its own renewable heat incentive since 2008, so has a wealth of experience to support this research project.

Households account for over 30% of the UK’s total carbon emissions and widespread action is needed to tackle this issue.  This partnership comes at the same time as the Government’s ‘Warm Homes, Greener Homes’,  strategy for household energy management which includes a green loan scheme to help householders foot the bill of making their homes more energy efficient.

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2nd March 2010

MPs urged to support Early Day Motion to get fair deal for energy entrepreneurs

Good Energy, the UK’s only dedicated 100% renewable electricity supplier, is leading a national campaign urging the Government to re-assess its reward scheme for early adopters of microgeneration.

Under the Government’s recently announced Clean Energy Cash-back scheme, householders who install microgeneration technology will receive a feed-in tariff payment of up to 41.3 pence per kilowatt hour. However, these payments will only apply to new generators who installed their technology after 15^th July 2009. Those who installed their renewable technology before this date will only receive 9p/kWh under the scheme.

Good Energy’s ‘Fair Deal for Energy Entrepreneurs’ campaign calls for the Government to address this discrepancy which effectively penalises early adopters of microgeneration technology.

Juliet Davenport, CEO and founder of Good Energy, said: “The UK microgeneration industry owes its existence to early adopters who took on the costs of installing their own generation equipment. The jobs created in this sector would not be here if it weren’t for them, and the Government must understand that by doing this it discourages any business or individual to be pioneering or move ahead of government policy.

We are proud that one in 25 of our customers is also a generator and we are committed to getting the best deal for them. We were the first company to introduce our own financial reward system and were delighted when the Government decided to follow suit. However, its failure to recognise the contribution of early adopters simply sends the wrong message, and will stop individuals and business from taking leadership in the world of technological innovation”.

Good Energy’s campaign has received widespread cross-party support, with a growing number of MPs lending their name to an Early Day Motion tabled by Alistair Carmichael MP.

Mr. Carmichael said: “If the Government is serious about wanting people to develop small-scale renewable energy projects then they will have to treat everyone fairly instead of punishing those who demonstrate initiative and commitment.”

Good Energy was the first company to introduce its own version of a Feed-in Tariff before the Government’s announcement and continues to lead the market with the highest paying financial reward to microgenerators. Under its award-winning HomeGen scheme, the company pays generators 15p for each unit of electricity they generate. Good Energy has already pledged to continue paying its existing accredited small generators this amount for a year, rather than reverting to the 9p rate set by the Government, while it lobbies for a fairer system.

Good Energy is urging everyone who supports a fair deal for energy entrepreneurs to write to their MP and sign the following petition: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Microgenerators/

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• For more information on Good Energy’s ‘Fair Deal for Energy Entrepreneurs’ campaign, please visit: http://www.goodenergy.co.uk/?page_id=6286

9th Feb 10

100% renewable electricity supplier launches new green tariff to comply with green guidelines

Good Energy, the UK’s only dedicated 100% renewable electricity supplier, welcomes the new Green Energy Supply Certification scheme for electricity which meets Ofgem Guidelines for Green Supply, and is one of the first suppliers to have a tariff certified under the scheme.

Good Energy has been campaigning for greater transparency for green tariffs for many years and was one of the original signatories to the guidelines when they were first proposed last year.

The new certification scheme, launched today, is designed to encourage greater uptake of green tariffs from consumers by offering greater clarity and clearing up confusion over domestic green electricity supply. Under the guidelines, suppliers will only be able to market their products as green if they are accredited by an independent panel as having met certain environmental criteria. Specifically, a green tariff must consist of:

• 100% renewable electricity, backed by the appropriate certification of REGOs and LECs
• Additional measures to mitigate a minimum of 50kg of carbon per customer per year, or 1 tonne if done using Carbon Emissions Reduction Certificates
• Accompanying standardised information including a detailed break-down of the supplier’s fuel mix

Good Energy has today launched a new ‘100% Green & Gold’ tariff which mirrors its original 100% renewable electricity tariff while incorporating additional carbon abatement in the form of Gold Standard Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs).

Juliet Davenport, Founder and CEO of Good Energy, said: “Greater clarity for green electricity is something we’ve campaigned for for many years. We’re delighted that the new guidelines support the model of 100% renewable electricity that we’ve always operated and hope that others will be encouraged to follow suit. Under the leadership of the independent panel, we believe that these guidelines will significantly boost demand for renewables in the UK.”

“Consumers want to know that they are making a genuine difference to climate change and thanks to the green energy scheme announced today they can now be assured of it. The existence of these guidelines should put an end to greenwash in the electricity market and sounds the death knell to the dubious double-counting practices of ‘carbon cowboys’ once and for all.”

Gold Standard Certified Emissions Reductions represent quantifiable emissions reductions generated by projects that meet best practice sustainability standards - for example investing in wind power in India and energy efficiency in the UK.

The 100% Green & Gold tariff is one of the first tariffs to be accredited under the new Ofgem Green Guidelines.

Solitaire Townsend, chair of the certification panel, said: “We are happy to be able to certify this green tariff.  Good Energy led the working group for the scheme, and we are grateful for their commitment to transparency and best practice in the market”

Notes to Editors:

About Good Energy’s new 100% Green & Gold tariff:

Good Energy is the only electricity supplier to supply only 100% renewable electricity through all of its domestic supply tariffs. The new 100% Green & Gold tariff includes an extra carbon abatement measure in the form of Gold Standard CERs to ensure the tariff complies with Ofgem’s new guidelines. Carbon additionality can be achieved in a number of ways and Good Energy is working on applying a more innovative alternative to its existing 100% renewable electricity tariff which it hopes to announce in April.

For more information about Good Energy’s new tariff please click here

Government FiT plans to discriminate against pioneers ‘outrageous’

Good Energy, the 100% renewable electricity supplier, has announced it will continue to pay its existing accredited small generators 15p a unit for all their electricity, well above the rate of 9p set by the government in its new Feed-in Tariff.

Under the government’s Feed-in Tariff, announced on Monday, the higher payment rates of up to 41.3p will only apply to new generators who installed their technology after 15th July 2009. Those pioneering generators in the UK who installed their technology before that date will only get 9p a unit under the government FiT.

As Good Energy does not want its home generators to be worse off under the new FiT it will continue to pay 15p a unit for the next year for accredited generators, and will be lobbying to get the legislation changed.

Juliet Davenport, Good Energy founder and CEO, said:  “It’s outrageous that the new FiT only pays the highest reward to new generators - Good Energy believes that the early adopters of microgen technology should also be recognised for their pioneering attitude and taking a lead. That’s why we’ve decided to continue paying our existing accredited HomeGen generators 15p a unit for all the electricity they generate and lobby to change the government’s mind.”

Good Energy pioneered feed-in payments to small generators in the UK with its award-winning HomeGen scheme, launched in 2004, and leads the market with the highest paying financial reward to microgenerators. One in 25 of Good Energy’s customers is also a renewable energy generator.

Accreditation window should be extended

Good Energy is also concerned that generators who have not had their systems accredited or who did not apply for accreditation before 15 July 2009, appear set to receive nothing for their electricity under the FiT. It will be asking for more clarity on this from DECC, and believes the window for obtaining accreditation should be extended until the FiT comes into force on 1st April 2010.

Juliet Davenport added: “Good Energy supports over 1000 ‘energy entrepreneurs’ and has more generators per customer than any other energy company in the UK. We have been running incentivised microgeneration schemes for more than five years so we are the obvious trusted partner for any microgenerator. We’re really proud of our pioneering community and will continue supporting them and campaigning on their behalf where it counts.”

What will FiT mean for homeowners?

• The Feed-in Tariff makes installing micro generation much more financially attractive -it should be possible to finance the costs with a bank loan, with the income from the Feed-in Tariff helping to cover your repayments.
• Payments will be inflation-linked for all generators and tax-free for domestic properties.
• Payments are guaranteed for 20 to 25 years, depending on the technology.
• For small generators, the FiT will be paid for their total generation, including the units they use themselves.
• For example - a household with a 2kW solar pv system

• Installation cost: £10,500 (subject to survey)
• Income (including savings made on electricity bill):£870 a year
• Return on Investment 8%, payback period 12 years.

• For example - a household with a 6kW wind turbine

• Installation cost: £24,000 (subject to survey)
• Income (including savings made on electricity bill): £2,700 a year
• Return on Investment 12%, payback period 9 years

• Households should not consider installing any micro-generation technology until they have first addressed the energy-efficiency of their property.
• Technology must be appropriate for the situation - for example solar pv works best on a south-facing roof, and there is no point installing a wind turbine unless you live in a windy place.
• Good Energy can help with every stage of the process, from choosing the right technology to finding a grant to getting paid your FiT - visit www.generateyourown.co.uk to find out more

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Good Energy, the UK’s 100% renewable electricity supplier, welcomes DECC’s announcement today on the UK Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) to be launched in April this year.

Good Energy pioneered offerings to small generators in the UK with its award-winning HomeGen scheme and still offers the highest paying financial reward to microgenerators.

Juliet Davenport, Founder and CEO of Good Energy, said: “It’s great this has now arrived!  Good Energy has shown for many years that financial incentives work on a commercial scale, benefiting generators at minimal cost to the energy consumer when delivered effectively. The rates that will be paid to renewable generators should provide the incentive that a lot of homeowners, landowners and businesses have been waiting for to generate their own energy, allowing them to follow the pioneering individuals that have put their own generation in already.

“Good Energy will be the place for microgenerators to come - people know that when they are dealing with Good Energy, they are working with a company committed to making sure the UK delivers for microgenerators.  We have been running incentivised microgeneration schemes for more than five years so we are the obvious trusted partner for any microgenerator.

“Good Energy supports over 1000 ‘energy entrepreneurs’ and has more generators per customer than any other energy company in the UK.  Because of this, we have systems in place to be able to deal with large numbers of generators and we believe that this will give us the edge over our competitors.

“However, the work is not yet over.  Barriers caused by under-resourced and under-trained planning services still need to be addressed - expecting the current planning regime to deliver on the future energy policy of the UK is a tall order and more needs to be done to support planners in their work.”

Good Energy is also pleased that the government is following its lead and has announced plans for a Renewable Heat Incentive in 2011. Since 2008, the company has been paying solar thermal generators a reward for the heat energy they generate with its own RHI which is funded by revenues from Gas+, Good Energy’s gas product.

Juliet Davenport said: “We wholeheartedly support the introduction of a Renewable Heat Incentive.  We were the first - and are still the only - supplier to introduce our own version of a renewable heat incentive.  Our award-winning HotROCs scheme has shown that financial incentives work on a commercial scale. Just as we’ve been encouraging people to generate their own electricity, we’re aiming to encourage renewable heat generation at home and reduce the UK’s dependence on gas.”

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11 Jan 10

Good Energy Group PLC today announces a £11.8 million financing package for the repowering of its wind farm at Delabole in North Cornwall.

The £11.8 million package includes £9.6 million in debt finance from the Co-operative Bank and £2.2 million equity from Good Energy Group PLC’s own resources.

Planning approval for the repowering was granted in December 2008, with final permission coming through in December 2009. With the finance now in place, construction can begin and the entire project is expected to be complete by Q4 2010.

The repowering of Delabole will see the ten existing turbines replaced with four modern, more powerful, Enercon turbines to harness the wind resource more effectively. With a total combined capacity of 9.2MW, these turbines will increase the wind farm’s output by roughly two and a half times, enough to supply over 7,800 homes.

The repowering of Delabole is Good Energy’s first wind farm development project. The Good Energy Generation team is actively progressing with a pipeline of other opportunities for further investment.

Juliet Davenport, Chief Executive of Good Energy Group said: “The Coop and Good Energy have both been at the forefront of renewable energy development for many years and I am delighted to have them as co-funder in this project. Increasing the capacity of Delabole will help contribute to Cornwall’s renewable energy targets, increase price stability for our customers and take another step in helping the UK reduce its carbon footprint.”

Business Development Manager at The Co-operative Bank, James Sutcliffe, who has  been  heavily  involved  in  the  project  and specialises in funding onshore  wind  developments,  commented on the project, “Delabole is a very exciting opportunity for our ‘Renewables Team’ at The Co-operative Bank and we are continually looking to fund more of these types of project”.

“We  are  very pleased to be working with Good Energy Group on this project and  our  aim  is  to  utilise the experience gained from working with them going  forward on  other  similar  projects where there is an established demand  for  funding for such schemes, which is a sector that fits perfectly with the Bank’s ethical and environmental ethos.”

Throughout the repowering project, Good Energy’s financial advisers were PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mark Hughes, PwC’s European Utility Leader, commented, “Closing the financing for the repowering of Delabole is a significant milestone for Good Energy and will deliver both enhanced generation capacity and financial returns for the Group. Being the first commercial windfarm to become operational in the UK it is fitting that it is one of the first to be repowered, a trend that is undoubtedly set to continue. This is a good outcome especially as market conditions for raising project finance remain challenging.”

Good Energy Group is an independent PLC quoted on PLUS. It owns Good Energy, the 100% renewable electricity supplier, and specialises in investing in renewable energy. Good Energy Group has around 1,700 shareholders, over 90% of whom are customers of Good Energy.

01 Dec 2009

Good Energy, the UK’s only dedicated 100% renewable electricity supplier, is celebrating its 10th anniversary as the greenest energy supplier in the industry by giving customers the chance to win one of 10 sought‐after prizes, ranging from four nights in a luxury cottage in Derbyshire to beer and ice cream.1

The 10th anniversary coincides with the renewable supplier signing its 1000th independent renewable electricity generator. The competition prizes have all been donated by Good Energy generators around the country, which you can view on their interactive map at http://goodenergygeneration.co.uk/aboutus/
where‐our‐energy‐comes‐from.aspx.

Juliet Davenport, CEO and Founder of Good Energy said: “The past ten years have seen huge changes in the whole market for renewable energy as it’s moved from the fringes to the mainstream. We’re really proud to have been part of that, particularly our role in empowering so many of our customers to become generators in their own right. By buying 100% renewable electricity from us, our customers are supporting over 1000 independent generators making pure green energy from wind, sunlight and water. We wanted to thank them for their continuing support by giving away these fantastic prizes donated by our diverse community of generators.”

“We look forward to many more years of pioneering work.”

Good Energy has spent the last ten years leading the industry with its commitment to growing renewable energy in the UK and making it easy for people who are concerned about climate change to make a difference.

• Good Energy signed its first 100% renewable electricity customer on the 1st December 1999 - it is still the only supplier whose fuel mix is 100% renewable. (www.electricityinfo.org/suppliers.php)

• In 2002 it bought the UK’s first commercial wind farm in Delabole, Cornwall.
• In early 2004, Good Energy began supplying 100% renewable electricity in Scotland.
• In 2004 Good Energy launched its pioneering HomeGen scheme to reward microgenerators, which won an Ashden Award in 2006. It is still the highest paying reward scheme of its kind. The government is following Good Energy’s lead and introducing a nationwide Feed‐in‐Tariff next year.

• A year later Good Energy launched its SmartGen scheme to support community generation projects.

• Last year Good Energy launched HotROCs, the UK’s first renewable heat incentive, paying solar thermal generators for the renewable heat they generate. HotROCs has recently won two prestigious awards.

• In the same year, December 2008, North Cornwall District Council planning committee voted to approve Good Energy’s application to repower Delabole wind farm, more than doubling its current output -‐ and Good Energy launched the Good Energy Shop to provide customers with advice and energy‐saving products. (www.goodenergyshop.co.uk)

• Good Energy joined PLUS Markets in 2004. Its CEO and founder Juliet Davenport was named PLUS Markets CEO of the Year 2009.

• Good Energy won the West of England Business of the Year Award 2009 (for businesses with a turnover of less than £30M).

• Good Energy is now supporting over 1000 independent renewable generators across the UK and is working with Ofgem to develop clear guidelines for green tariffs and guidance on Feed‐in tariffs.

Pioneer of UK Feed‐in Tariff urges Government to put the generator first

Good Energy, the UK’s 100% renewable electricity supplier, has called on the Government to simplify the proposed Feed‐in Tariff (FiT) arrangements for micro‐generators and reward generators for their total generation.

The FiT, due to come into operation in April 2010, was announced as a new financial mechanism in the Government’s Renewable Energy Strategy earlier this year. It is designed to increase renewable electricity generation in the UK by offering financial incentives to small and medium sized renewable energy projects generating up to 5MW of electricity.

Under the current proposals, the FiT will be made up of two parts: A generation payment and an export payment. Generators will be paid a fixed sum per unit of electricity they generate, varying across different technologies, for 20 years (25 for solar PV projects) - the generation payment. They’ll also be paid for each unit of electricity they export to the grid - the export payment. Currently this is proposed to be at the blanket price of 5p per unit, almost 20% above the current market rate.

Good Energy is the leading supporter of small to medium‐sized generators in the UK, and has been paying its own version of a feed‐in tariff for five years through its award‐winning HomeGen scheme.

The purpose of the Feed‐in Tariff is to encourage more people to make a difference to climate change by generating their own energy. Good Energy’s experience and analysis suggests that for most generators the financial benefits from the generation payment and from avoiding importing electricity are much more important than the export element of the proposals. However, under the current proposals the administration of the export element of the tariff will be complex and the costs will be high.

Juliet Davenport, founder and CEO of Good Energy, said: “We wholeheartedly support the introduction of a
UK‐wide Feed‐in Tariff and have long called for the Government to follow our lead in introducing such an
incentive scheme. As they currently stand, however, the Government proposals may be unworkable.
Bringing in a blanket price for exported electricity will undermine the current market whereby suppliers
compete to offer generators the best price for their power, and generators may lose out as money that
should be going to them becomes tied up in administrative costs and supplier compensation. We urge that
the Feed‐in Tariff proposals be modified to focus on supporting generation payments, and let the market
determine the export price.”

To read a copy of Good Energy’s position paper on Feed‐in Tariffs visit http://www.goodenergy.co.uk/aboutgood‐
energy/our‐campaign/

Award Winning Renewable Heat Incentive Helps Lower Customer Emissions

Good Energy ‐ the UK’s leading supplier of electricity from 100% renewable sources – is celebrating one year of successful trials of domestic gas supply.

Good Energy started supplying gas in November 2008 after customer feedback and extensive market research showed that a majority of Good Energy customers would prefer to buy their gas from Good Energy rather than other suppliers.

The trials have been successful and Good Energy is now offering gas – as a dual fuel tariff only – to all existing and new customers wanting to make the switch. In order to ensure the gas offering was in keeping with Good Energy’s mission to combat climate change, the company also launched a pioneering, and now award winning, Renewable Heat Incentive – HotROCs – to reward those customers generating their own heat from renewable sources and thereby
reducing their use of gas and electricity.

Funded by revenues from gas sales, HotROCs pays customers for every unit of heat they produce. This acts as an incentive to install solar thermal – the most popular method of renewable heat generation in the UK – and thereby lower the use of gas for heating and hot water in the home.

One of the first people to benefit from the HotROCs scheme was Douglas Larsen. He wanted to save on his gas bills and also reduce his impact on the environment. He had solar thermal panels installed on the roof of his house in Newbury through the online Good Energy Shop.

Mr Larsen said: “After having my solar thermal panels installed through Good Energy’s Shop, I have become one of the first in the country to be part of Good Energy’s pioneering Renewable Heat Incentive. My decision to install solar panels was initially an ethical one – a method to reduce my gas consumption and my carbon footprint. Thanks to this incentive, it has now become an economic one too.”

The HotROCs scheme currently covers solar thermal only, but Good Energy is actively researching ways to extend this to include heat pumps, biomass and micro‐CHP.

Juliet Davenport, founder and CEO of Good Energy said: “The launch of our gas products has been really successful and we have increased our number of solar thermal generating customers to 270, each saving on average half a tonne of CO2.”

“We always knew we couldn’t just launch a standard gas product after years of only selling 100% renewable, but wanted to meet customer demand. This is the first, and the only, renewable heat incentive offered by any supplier. We have set a benchmark for the industry and for Government while also financially supporting our customers to reduce their own emissions.”

“DECC is due to publish guidelines on the use of gas from biomethane and other sources in the future. When they do we will look to incorporate this into our business model, but until then we think this is the greenest option on the market.”

As a gas supplier ‘inside’ the industry, Good Energy will be well positioned to campaign actively for renewable heat in the UK and for incentives to reduce gas usage. It will also support greater use of gas from renewable sources such as anaerobic digestion, landfill and elsewhere.

To learn more about the gas tariff and the renewable heat incentive, please click here, or email: heat@goodenergy.co.uk.

Notes to Editors:

• According to a recent report from National Grid, there is a very small quantity of production of biogas in the UK coming from landfill and sewage plants, but it is being used to generate electricity. The report concludes that there are no insurmountable technical difficulties to delivering biogas. The main hurdle will be about getting the right commercial incentives in place so waste can be turned into biomethane for gas grid injection rather than electricity. When this happens Good Energy will look to incorporate biogas into its offering.

• Good Energy is currently conducting R&D into how the actual performance of different solar thermal systems compares with their theoretical performance, so making the calculation of an incentive payment more accurate. We will be submitting the results of our R&D to the government’s consultation on developing a national Renewable Heat Incentive for solar thermal, due to start in April 2011.

• Good Energy HotROCs has recently won a Sustainable Housing award for Sustainable Innovation, and a Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Corporate Green Award for Climate Change Impact