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Wind Farms Make Profit Thanks to Subsidies

According to new industry figures, generous subsidies combined with very high prices for electricity and oil have helped onshore wind farms turn high profits, with a single wind turbine capable of generating around £500,000 of profit per year. Heating Centrals expert plumbers and heating engineers that specialise in renewable technologies have commented that a typical 2 megawatt turbine can generate power worth approximately £200,000 on the wholesale market. In addition to that, the plumbers and heating engineers we surveyed, estimate that the government provides a subsidy of £300,000. Large wind turbines of that size cost approximately £2m and last around 20 years which should give a steady profit after the payback period of 4-5 years. According to leading heating and plumbing engineers, the attractive economics have helped launch many new wind farms around the country. However, some heating engineers argue that wind farms are not necessarily provide ...
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One Plumber's Fight Against Fuel Duty

Colin Good, a Coventry self-employed plumber is holding a one man protest against the government's fuel tax duty. Colin is protesting against the ever increasing cost of petrol. As a plumber he has to drive his van to the customers site and currently spends well over £70 per week to fill up his van. Many plumbers have swapped their vans to diesel vans that return better gas mileage than traditional petrol vans. However, the cost of diesel vans, as well as the cost of a litre of diesel has gone up in recent time, which makes them less attractive. The heavy weight that the vans have to carry (including heavy boilers and hot water cylinders) has a major impact on the performance of the engine and accordingly of the engines efficiency. Plumbers and heating engineers have to carry a heavy load of tools and kits for the job, which add weight and reduce the petrol efficiency of the van (a Worcester Bosch boiler, for example can weigh in at close to 50Kg, while a sheet metal water heatin ...
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