Wind Turbines - Feed In Tariff in Alston, Cumbria (1)

Surprisingly, no. Large power companies who have over 150,000 customers have to offer at least 1 export only Smart Export Guarantee tariff. This means that you can sell your excess wind energy to any company, not just your usual power company.

In order to find the best tariff and deal, it’s well worth shopping around.

If you’re planning to sell extra wind energy to a power company, you need to ensure your electrical needs are met first.

For example, if you need 3kW of energy and you produce 6kW of energy you have 3kW spare to sell.

Domestic turbines can produce between 1kW and 15kW so depending on the size of your home, this should be sufficient.

Although the feed in tariff scheme is no longer accepting new applicants, you can still get paid for producing extra energy. If you have a large amount of land, wind turbine companies may offer you regular payments to install a turbine on your property.

You can make a good income this way, although many homeowners would rather not have a commercial wind turbine near their home. As a rough guide, you could earn around £40,000 a year to have a 3MW wind turbine installed on your property.

If you’re considering having a wind turbine installed, you need to contact a qualified wind turbine fitter. We’d also recommend hiring a professional you feel you can trust.

Our members are recommended by your neighbours and they also pass 12 checks to ensure they’re right for your project.

Even better, we guarantee our tradespeople’s work - that’s how much we trust the quality of each of our members’ work!

If you need to find wind turbine installers in Alston, we can help speed up your search in two easy ways. One option is to try our free search feature. Using just your postcode, we can show you a range of fitters in your area.

Or, you can save even more time by using our request a quote feature. Tell us about the work you need doing and we’ll pass your details to three wind turbine installers. They’ll then contact you with three personalised quotes.