New rates come into force after the Department of Energy and Climate Change published the results of its consultation.
The new rates are as follows:
| Capacity | Feed-in tariff rate (p/kWh) |
| 0-10kW | 4.39 |
| 10-50kW | 4.59 |
| 50-250kW | 2.70 |
| 250kW-1000kW | 2.27 |
| >1MW | 0.87 |
| Stand alone | 0.87 |
The changes do not come into effect until 8 February 2016 and in order to protect the new budget allocation of £100 million the DECC has enforced a four-week pause on new feed-in tariff installations which will run from 15 January to 8 February 2016.
Any installation made between those dates will not be eligible for the previous rates and will receive the new rates from 8 February onward.
The first rate will run from 8 February to 31 March, after which quarterly degressions will begin to occur as listed below:
Feed-in Tariff Quarterly Degressions
Source: www.solarpowerportal.co.uk