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Why aren’t all new homes in the UK built with small wind turbines and solar panels as standard?
It annoys me that developers aren’t forced to do this where possible. People would get used to seeing the turbines as people get used to seeing TV aerials and satellite dishes on houses. I realise that they probably wouldn’t be able to to supply enough power required, but even if they supplied 25-50% surely it would be worth it?
Does anyone know if the government has plans to force/encourage developers to do anything like this in the future?
To be fair the idea has been mooted around for several years. Solar power has been used to heat water in pensioners bungalows for awhile. The mechanics takes up a room the length of the property and it only works efficiently in the summer. By the time you calculate cost and maintenance against performance, it’s little more than an expensive gimmick. If granny isn’t on the roof cleaning the panels with her shammy leather then somebody else is.
Wind turbines is a whole different set of problems. They cured the wind pattern issue with a conical, witches hat shaped harvester, but it isn’t as efficient as windmill sails. The only way it can work is one large unit supplying an estate, the electronics that would allow a home unit to kick from the mains to battery power are too complicated and bulky for the average house. The cost of replacement batteries and their carbon footprint is also prohibitive.
At the turn of the millenium when literally millions of pounds of lottery money and European grants was being thrown at environmental projects all the community energy ideas had a try out. The only one that worked was energy from waste, but that hits NIMBY, because nobody wants a house next door to an incinerator.
The biggest problem though is people. Your tree is blocking my solar panel two hours per day, your gable end is diverting the wind from my turbine 
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