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CEO tells Panorama £1,500 wind turbine could save people as little as £10 a year
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Many people would save just £10 a year on their yearly electricity bill if they invested £1,500 in putting a wind turbine on their roof, according to comments made by the CEO of Windsave – the Scottish company at the forefront of small wind turbine technology in the UK.
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This would mean that it would be 150 years before the turbines, which cost £1,500, save enough money to pay for themselves.
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The figures are revealed in Panorama's: Go Green Or Else on Monday 5 March at 8.30pm on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One.
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The programme follows reporter Justin Rowlatt – and his family – as they are forced to spend a whole year trying to reduce their impact on the environment as part of a "carbon challenge" set by Professor Tim Jackson of Surrey University.
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Justin decides to try to install a wind turbine as a way of generating carbon free electricity.
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Windsave, whose technology according to their website is "fully accredited by the DTI", offer him one to try out but, seven months after saying he could have one and three days before it is to be installed, the company withdraw their offer saying his house is not suitable.
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After the offer is withdrawn, the Windsave Chief Executive, David Gordon, explains there is not enough wind at Justin's London home.
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He tells Panorama that, "[between] four to six metres you'd save about £10 a year. Six metres onwards and you could save up to £50 to a £100."
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However, as Government figures put the average windspeed in the UK at just 5.6 metres per second, many Britons would not benefit from the higher saving.
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On its website, www.windsave.com, Windsave claims that "based on average wind speeds users could save up to 30% off the average annual electricity bill".
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Speaking about his year spent going green, Justin Rowlatt tells the programme: "With all the rows and arguments it sometimes felt like we were making an episode of Wife Swap rather than a Panorama on how to tackle climate change."
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Notes to Editors
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Any use of the above should be credited to Panorama: Go Green Or Else, Monday 5 March, 8.30pm, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One.
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