Atlantic Goes Green!!

It is a very exciting time at Atlantic Contracting Ltd as we advance futher into the 'green' energy market. We have been overwhelmed by the enquiries and responses to our advertising for the installation of solar panels, which seem to be "the next big thing" in our move to reduce carbon emissions.

We have even just completed a further recruitment phase in addition to our established Atlantic solar division.

Greg Barker's article in Total Politics magazine Sept 2011

Greenest Government Ever

One of David Cameron’s first acts as Prime Minister was to come to the Department of Energy and Climate Change last
May and declare his ambition that this Coalition should be the greenest government ever.

This was no idle promise.

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16-08-2011

Npower has become the fifth of the ‘big six’ energy suppliers in Britain to introduce a rise in energy prices ahead of winter. The German-owned company follows Centrica, E.On, Scottish & Southern
Energy and Scottish Power to increase costs in response to rising wholesale prices.

Announcing the above-inflation rises to household bills from autumn, the 3.3 million UK households who receive their gas and electricity from Npower will receive an increase of 15.7 per cent for gas and 7.2 per cent from October. According to Uswitch.com, this will result in an increase of £134 to the average customer’s dual fuel bill.

Yet the average price rise from Npower is the lowest announced by any supplier so far and will come into effect on 1st October 2011. British Gas recently announced increases of 18 per cent for gas and 16 per cent for electricity, with E.On introducing rises of 18 per cent and 11 per cent for gas and electricity respectively

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Guardian confirms solar is a strong investment

Why installing solar power looks increasingly attractive for homeowners

Are you a homeowner with some spare cash? A 20%-25% collapse in the price of rooftop solar power units in recent months has turned the government's feed-in tariff scheme into one of the most lucrative financial propositions for households with the right sort of property.

The scheme was introduced in April 2010, when the Labour government introduced generous feed-in tariffs to encourage households to install solar photovoltaic systems. Back then, anyone spending, say, £13,000 up front to fit a 2.5kWp system to their home was paid 41.3p per kilowatt hour (kWh) generated – enough to earn them a typical annual income of £900 a year in payments, on top of a £140-a-year saving in reduced electricity bills.

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