THE city council’s idea to buy £665,000 of solar panels for its buildings is an interesting step.
Though it won’t break even for 14 years, the estimated £1.9m return by 2036 is a serious amount of cash.
Yet it’s a shame the council didn’t move earlier to make full use of the Government’s feed-in tariff scheme, which subsidises solar panel use.
Those subsidies are due to be cut because of the increasing popularity of solar panels. If we’d been leading the charge sooner, we’d soon be reaping the benefits.
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