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by pete » Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:28 pm
DaveJ wrote:I had a 3.8KW system installed 42 days ago, and to date it has generated a healthy 760 KWh. That's averaging 18 KWh a day, so that's a very healthy £326 in 42 days plus just under a £100 in electricy savings. I am South facing so do get the ful benefit. East coast in Fife which also helps.
I had it supplied by British Eco (Scotland) and can highly recommend them. Only took a single day for the full install.
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by DaveJ » Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:41 pm
Just outside Tayport/Newport on Tay.
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by David » Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:51 pm
graeme wrote:That's a neat install David. Who did it, and would you recommend them? Thanks.
The company is Absolute Solar and Wind Ltd. I can't complain about the standard of work, or the kit, but the sales guy was a bit of a slippery character. They have a couple of years experience in Central Scotland and it was pleasing to see they are using their experience to improve their spec to suit local conditions. Very pleased with it so far - 23 units on Tuesday and a daily average of 16 units since it was installed on a roof that is far from ideal.
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by graeme » Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:01 pm
Thanks for the info.
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by j2 lot » Fri Jun 17, 2011 4:23 pm
Titanium S1 111S (gla) wrote:Instal cost DaveJ?
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by DaveJ » Mon Jun 20, 2011 2:27 pm
£16k
That was with 18 235W panels. That ensures you can get a true 3.8KW given the inherent internal losses.
Just got planning acceptance for a 10kW turbine. Need to decide to bite the bullet on that or not. Feed in tariff is excellent but it's a big investment and difficult to gauge site effectiveness!
Finally, received a letter from SP this morning regarding the price increases they announced. The devil is in the detail. The day rate has not changed at all, still the same 11.652p. What has increased is the Daily Service Charge, from 26.7p to 36.3p. Looks like this will hit light users harder than heavy users then...
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by Ferg » Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:06 pm
DaveJ wrote: The devil is in the detail. The day rate has not changed at all, still the same 11.652p. What has increased is the Daily Service Charge, from 26.7p to 36.3p. Looks like this will hit light users harder than heavy users then...
Noticed that too. So it's essentially just a flat addition to the payments across the board. Our daily rates changes by about 0.5-1p.
Jealous of all this power generation. Can't invest in this sort of thing just yet but I see the attraction.
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by Sanjøy » Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:43 pm
I took my eye off the ball on this as was looking at it late last year. Had Eon round to quote me ~20k for a dual install so 8kw as I have two incomers so technically can have two accounts. Only problem is that the house is listed so there might be some issues around that and also the sea gulls crapping on them for which I would call upon Mr Noops
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by Doc883 » Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:37 am
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by j2 lot » Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:29 pm
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by Cisco » Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:12 pm
PVCS shares fell 42% yesterday as it is becoming apparent that the Chinese will be able make the wavers much more cheaply with new tech.
Most of the kit sold in UK & Europe uses PVCS (old) technology. And nobody is buying it.
Give it 5 years and you should be able to install solar heating for a fraction of todays costs. Enshallah.
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by David » Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:10 pm
Cisco wrote:PVCS shares fell 42% yesterday as it is becoming apparent that the Chinese will be able make the wavers much more cheaply with new tech.
Most of the kit sold in UK & Europe uses PVCS (old) technology. And nobody is buying it.
Give it 5 years and you should be able to install solar heating for a fraction of todays costs. Enshallah.
Take care,
Frank
I think the government is banking on this! The FiT is geared to reduce each year to compensate for the cheaper technology. But the fact remains that the early adopters will get the most generous tariff - so holding off to save £5000 and then losing £15K on the tariff may not be a good idea. With the wholesale technology costs for a 4KWp being less than £10K, it is really not the major factor in the sums at the moment.
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by Dominic » Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:14 am
One of my clients is about to start doing installations. There is a very healthy margin in it for the installers, so as more competition comes along, I would expect to see installation costs come down irrespective of the material costs.
Mrs S has been saying for years that all new build properties should by law be required to have solar panels fitted. Can't help but think that's the way forward.
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by Titanium S1 111S (gla) » Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:38 pm
Dominic wrote:One of my clients is about to start doing installations. There is a very healthy margin in it for the installers, so as more competition comes along, I would expect to see installation costs come down irrespective of the material costs.
Mrs S has been saying for years that all new build properties should by law be required to have solar panels fitted. Can't help but think that's the way forward.
Except of course that you get a much better return on a high insulation spec. I am looking at a new (self) build and I just can’t get the numbers to work for solar over more insulation.
Not that i'd argue with Mrs S - quite daft - but not that daft.
Graham
