Freetricity

Freetricity Plc
Public
Industry Clean technology
Founder Ben Way
Headquarters London, UK, U.K
Area served
 U.K
Website Freetricity

Freetricity is a company that provides residential solar power systems under the feed-in tariffs in the United Kingdom. It was started by Ben Way and Paul Williams who met on the Secret Millionaire,[1]

It is reported that the company has access to between $50–700 million[2] in funding for the UK market. They are registered under the Renewable Energy Assurance Ltd's Renewable Energy Consumer Code (REAL).[3]

In 2012, the company entered the biomass heating system and heat pump market under the Renewable Heat Incentive [4] scheme.

They opposed the government Feed-in Tariff (FIT) cuts, in 2011.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Move fast to get free solar energy (From Wiltshire Business Online)". Wiltshirebusinessonline.co.uk. 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  2. ↑ BusinessGreen, part of the Guardian Environment Network (2011-08-04). "The Secret Millionaire launches rooftop solar scheme | Environment | guardian.co.uk". Guardian. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  3. ↑ "Freetricity Plc - Members - Scheme - REAL Consumer Code". Realassurance.org.uk. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  4. ↑ "Freetricity Free Heat Pumps and Free Biomass Boilers". Freeheating.net. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  5. ↑ "House of Commons - HC 1605 Energy and Climate Change and Environmental Audit Committees: Written evidence submitted by Freetricity plc". Publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2012-09-25.