Sir – Following Chris Koenig’s article (November 10), I am writing about aspects of the reduction to the Feed in Tariff for solar pv installations which will affect community energy projects.

Transition Eynsham Area is working with the new Oxfordshire Low Carbon Hub on a community energy saving and clean energy project called the People’s Power Station.

The Eynsham pilot involves the installation of solar pv on halls, schools and churches in Eynsham and surrounding villages. The host buildings would receive free energy and the Feed-in Tariff would be used to fund community energy saving projects. In this case it is not true that solar panels are only for the well off (Report, November 24), as the community funds the project via investors and the Feed-in Tariff would benefit the community as a whole. A major part of our project is to help households reduce their energy use and we will be targeting those in fuel poverty, starting with a thermal imaging programme in December.

However, apart from reduced FiT, and so reduction in community benefit, there are two other changes which threaten our project. One is the proposed reduced multi-installation tariff rate which, although aimed at commercial rent-a-roof operations, would penalise projects such as ours where installations are linked. The other is the energy-efficiency requirement (Report, November 17). We fully support improving thermal efficiency, however we consider that the standards proposed for some non-domestic buildings will be inappropriate and impossible to achieve.

We believe that community projects which are undertaken for the wider good rather than for personal gain deserve special provision.

We have taken these issues up with our MP, David Cameron and hope that the Government will revise the proposed tariff changes, so that all the community effort in reducing reliance on fossil fuels will not be wasted.

Sarah Couch, Transition Eynsham Area (GreenTEA)