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    Renewables: to own or not to own?

    Dec 23, 2020 2 minutes

    Ever since the introduction of the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for electricity generation from renewables, everyone has jumped on the bandwagon. Those that could afford to buy solar panels did so, and many other owners of south-facing roofs were offered free solar panels with the incentive of free electricity. The catch was that you were effectively renting your roof to the company that installed the panels. The

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