Low Carbon Lymm 

The long awaited Feed-in tariffs for renewable energy generation and renewable heat production have been announced. You can earn up to over 40p per unit tax free for 25 years!

Click here for the link to the official DECC announcement including the full details of the tariffs.

The tariff levels for the electricity financial incentives can offer between 5-8% return on initial investment in the technology. And even better on Page 22 Sec 69 of the 2009 Pre-Budget Report, the Chancellor confirmed that households who use renewable technology to generate electricity mainly for their own use will not be subject to income tax on feed-in tariffs.

Our next meeting is on Monday 22 February, Oughtrington Community Centre, 7.30pm.

Here are some photos from the event (click to enlarge):

LCL welcome desk

New Year New Lymm event overview

Driving simulator in action

Local Food stall

Sandra Manning of the Energy Saving Trust is working on a project relating to car clubs.

Please see the questionnaire Lymm questionnaire v2 and return to Sandra before the middle of March via Sandra.Manning@est-northwest-mc.org.uk. (the questionnaire is read only, so you may need to paste into an email for ease) Thanks

Join Low Carbon Lymm for a fun, informative local event this Saturday, the 23rd, at Lymm Village Hall on Pepper Street. There’ll be stalls and information on everything from food to energy and waste to transport – activities for kids and cakes too! Come along anytime between 10am and 3pm. You can even try out the driving simulator and see how much money you could save on petrol by changing your driving habits!

Driving simulator - drive more efficiently and save money too

Check out the BBC’s new Bloom site for Smart choices for the carbon conscious

Want to know what actions can have the biggest impact on your carbon emissions? Bloom helps you choose actions tailored to your home and lifestyle, then lets you compare them by how much CO₂ they save, how cheap they are or how easy other Bloomers have found them.

Not convinced? In some cases you’re right to be sceptical. Each impartial feature is packed with hard facts, expert opinion and topical debate to help you make informed decisions. The BBC have worked through the complexities for you, so you can keep on top of the issues and get to the bottom of controversies.

Go on, give it a try!  http://www.bbc.co.uk/bloom/