Ampair manufacture the Ampair wind turbine (aka microwind, marine wind generators, marine wind turbines, micro wind generator, micro wind turbine, Ampair Pacific 100, Ampair 100, Ampair 300, Ampair 600 small wind turbine systems & domestic wind turbine, or wind chargers or windsave / windsavers), the Aquair hybrid wind/water turbine (aka Aquair 100), and the Underwater 100 micro hydro generator (aka Aquair UW, Aquair UW 100, UW 100) which is in the pico hydro class. Ampair stock Flexcell amorphous silicon flexible solar panels including the Sunpack and Sunslick range. Ampair also stock SunWare semi-rigid crystalline solar PV panels, and panels from BP Solar, Unisolar, and other leading solar PV brands. Ampair stock Studer and Victron inverters, battery chargers, and combi-inverters as well as Phocos and Fox regulators.

Since 1973 Ampair wind turbines and water turbines have been powering many thousands of remote homes, yachts, scientific, and commercial locations worldwide. On this website you will discover why Ampair micro turbines are the choice of professionals from Alaska to Antarctica, the Solent to the Sahara, and you can then order on line, by telephone, or from one of our many distributors and installers. To complement the microwind and microhydro products which we manufacture in the UK, Ampair also supplies a range of specialist solar panels and accessories.

Increasingly societies are realising that microgeneration has a role to play in combating global warming, increasing security of energy supplies, alleviating fuel poverty, and generally creating sustainable communities. At Ampair we are proud to be both a catalyst and an enabler in this growing global movement, and we hope you will join with us.

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Grant funding in the UK

There are several grant schemes which offer funding to small scale renewables, particularly for the domestic and community sector.

Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP)

The UK Government Clear Skies funding programme was replaced by the Low Carbon Buildings Programme in April 2006. The new programme is managed by the Energy Saving Trust and offers grants for domestic, community and larger microgeneration installations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

In November 2005, the Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks MP announced £30 million of funding over 3 years for the LCBP. In the March 2006 budget statement, it was announced that there would be a further £50 million for the programme. Of the £30 million budget, £1.5 million was carried forward to ease the transition between the PV and Clear Skies programmes. Under the LCBP there are two streams of funding available, Stream 1 and Stream 2. The outline of the different funding options are listed below.

Stream 1 offers grants for householders and small to medium enterprises to install microgeneration on small buildings, as well as for non-profit community organisations such as registered charities, community groups, local authorities and schools to install microgeneration on community buildings.

The level of grants offered for wind energy under Stream 1 are:

For individual householders & small businesses a maximum of £1,000 per kW installed, up to a maximum of £5,000 subject to an overall 30% limit of the installed cost (exclusive of VAT).
For community applications, grants will be up to 50% of the capital and installation cost of the microgeneration technologies installed and is currently set at a maximum of £50,000. These grants will be awarded competitively.

Stream 2 offers grants for large projects from non-profit community organisations as above plus businesses, building developers, energy services companies, and the public sector to install microgeneration on large-scale building projects.

The level of grants offered for wind energy under Stream 2 are:

Category 1 – for large retrofit projects grants will be up to £100,000 per project.
Category 2 – for major refurbishment and new build projects grants will be available of up to £1 million per project.

For more information on the LCBP and how to apply for a grant, visit http://www.lowcarbonbuildings.org/ or call the free phone helpline on 0800 915 7722.

Scotland

Grants are available for those living in Scotland through the Scottish Community and Household Renewables Initiative (SCHRI).

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