This recently caught our eye as we were ambling along through the highways of the internet:
“With No Previous Experience You Can Re-Train And Enter The Renewable Energy Industry Potentially Earning Between £22,187 And £50,747 pa.” The script then goes on to say “Cash in on the Green Revolution and become a Domestic Green Engineer. Anyone looking for solar and other renewable energy courses must check out this brand new opportunity in the world of green plumbing and heating”
Without being to unkind to whoever has penned this piece of copy, nothing is further from the truth -
So here we put the record straight and yes, you heard it before….. it is about regulations and in this case, protecting the consumer.
So lets look at the Microgeneration scheme or MCS and the feed in tariff side of things.
Firstly, MCS is a certification scheme – it certifies the product or ensures that products meet a minimum standard and it also certifies the installer or installation company – why ? ….well for the consumer to then benefit from the generous feed in tariff (41.3 p per Kwh), the system must have MCS certified product and the products like the inverter must be G83/1 compliant and the installer must be part of a MCS certification scheme – the NICEIC, Elecsa and Napit all have MCS certification schemes…..why not check out our comprehensive section here on our web site click here >>>>
Our main concern here though is that as we saw with Part P, the charlatans and the get rich quick merchants are coming out in force promising the earth and probably delivering an invoice which you will have to pay pronto – so as ever, and I know its boring advice, but once again, buyer beware!