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Microgeneration sees significant increase in take up in past year

Introduction of Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) proves popular for developers  The rate of growth in microgeneration continues to increase with the capacity and number of installations rising significantly across the UK. In contrast to ongoing cautious and gloomy economic forecasting in the national economy, the growth in micro-generation capacity has been 400% since the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) was launched in April 2010. Solar PV has led the way with an increase of 900% and wind and hydro have doubled, according to new figures released by leading energy and environmental consultancy AEA.