*** this is what my Solar Panels generated today ***
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Just thought we should have a REAL (not hyped by the installers) "this is what my Solar Panels Generated today" thread . . . I will start off . . . .
Our system cost £10k - finished yesterday!
(system size - todays generation - todays revenue earned)
3.42Kw - 11.43Kwh - £5.31
Our system cost £10k - finished yesterday!
(system size - todays generation - todays revenue earned)
3.42Kw - 11.43Kwh - £5.31
Edited by khushy on Friday 28th October 18:59
One day's production is pointless.
Try this for size:
Cost £13,700
Income over last complete year £1747
Then to make it comparable you need to know:
system size: 3.885kWp; Orientation 175; slope 30. Latitude 51:59
It's all academic anyway as the likelihood of getting a new system installed and registered before early December is a bit remote, and after that the FIT for new installs will be much less.
To compare your output with others, this website does a very good job:
http://www.bdpv.fr
Try this for size:
Cost £13,700
Income over last complete year £1747
Then to make it comparable you need to know:
system size: 3.885kWp; Orientation 175; slope 30. Latitude 51:59
It's all academic anyway as the likelihood of getting a new system installed and registered before early December is a bit remote, and after that the FIT for new installs will be much less.
To compare your output with others, this website does a very good job:
http://www.bdpv.fr
Press the Union Jack.
It all means nothing to me still..I suppose if i dedicated all my energy(pun) i could get to grips with all this.
£13750 seems fine by me if it means cheap electricity on a large household scale.
I live on a Narrowboat and pay about £5 a week to the Marina owners off the meter outside the boat.Which i begrudge because he is a ****.
Be nice to make my own leccy,but not possible to selloff any surplus!
It all means nothing to me still..I suppose if i dedicated all my energy(pun) i could get to grips with all this.
£13750 seems fine by me if it means cheap electricity on a large household scale.
I live on a Narrowboat and pay about £5 a week to the Marina owners off the meter outside the boat.Which i begrudge because he is a ****.
Be nice to make my own leccy,but not possible to selloff any surplus!
limjamrace said:
Press the Union Jack.
It all means nothing to me still..I suppose if i dedicated all my energy(pun) i could get to grips with all this.
£13750 seems fine by me if it means cheap electricity on a large household scale.
I live on a Narrowboat and pay about £5 a week to the Marina owners off the meter outside the boat.Which i begrudge because he is a ****.
Be nice to make my own leccy,but not possible to selloff any surplus!
very easy to make your own yourself.It all means nothing to me still..I suppose if i dedicated all my energy(pun) i could get to grips with all this.
£13750 seems fine by me if it means cheap electricity on a large household scale.
I live on a Narrowboat and pay about £5 a week to the Marina owners off the meter outside the boat.Which i begrudge because he is a ****.
Be nice to make my own leccy,but not possible to selloff any surplus!
Solar panels could be used for heating water or a wind generator.
I think this solar panel stuff is a bit of a rip off, the technology is there for most people to make themselves. The big cost is the connector to the grid.
The Spruce goose said:
very easy to make your own yourself.
Solar panels could be used for heating water or a wind generator.
I think this solar panel stuff is a bit of a rip off, the technology is there for most people to make themselves. The big cost is the connector to the grid.
But why would you want a warm wind generator?;)Solar panels could be used for heating water or a wind generator.
I think this solar panel stuff is a bit of a rip off, the technology is there for most people to make themselves. The big cost is the connector to the grid.
Enjoy the lolly whilst it lasts, because the government intends to cut the subsidy by half.
Instead of being given 43p/kWh of tax money, you'll soon only be getting 21p, which I call a step in the right direction.
I hope they scrap the scandalous £500M subsidy on offshore wind next.
Instead of being given 43p/kWh of tax money, you'll soon only be getting 21p, which I call a step in the right direction.
I hope they scrap the scandalous £500M subsidy on offshore wind next.
limjamrace said:
I live on a Narrowboat and pay about £5 a week to the Marina owners off the meter outside the boat.Which i begrudge because he is a ****.
I think all marina owners are deranged to some degree, either alcoholics or post-nervous breakdown types - except the ones that are run as a professional business, and they cost double.With the Feed-In-Tariff does this only apply to the excess over and above what you actually consume, or to the entire amount generated?
E.g if you generate 11Kwh per day do you get the full 40p per Kwh for 11Kwh and then buy what you use as normal at 10p per Kwh (or whatever your elec company charge), or do you get 'free' electricity from your PV array for whatever you are consuming and then paid for any excess you generate?
Also is it still true that it takes more energy to manufacture these PV cells than they actually generate back in their lifetime?
E.g if you generate 11Kwh per day do you get the full 40p per Kwh for 11Kwh and then buy what you use as normal at 10p per Kwh (or whatever your elec company charge), or do you get 'free' electricity from your PV array for whatever you are consuming and then paid for any excess you generate?
Also is it still true that it takes more energy to manufacture these PV cells than they actually generate back in their lifetime?
Simpo Two said:
I think all marina owners are deranged to some degree, either alcoholics or post-nervous breakdown types - except the ones that are run as a professional business, and they cost double.
Put in there professional "flannel fueled" business and move the goal posts when it suits to cover bad management would be more accurate for this unique example.
DodgeRam Van Man said:
With the Feed-In-Tariff does this only apply to the excess over and above what you actually consume, or to the entire amount generated?
E.g if you generate 11Kwh per day do you get the full 40p per Kwh for 11Kwh and then buy what you use as normal at 10p per Kwh (or whatever your elec company charge), or do you get 'free' electricity from your PV array for whatever you are consuming and then paid for any excess you generate?
Also is it still true that it takes more energy to manufacture these PV cells than they actually generate back in their lifetime?
First of all - the finances are all about to change radically with a lowering of the tariff by about half in December for all new installations. So don't make any assumptions about financial performance until the new rates are finalised.E.g if you generate 11Kwh per day do you get the full 40p per Kwh for 11Kwh and then buy what you use as normal at 10p per Kwh (or whatever your elec company charge), or do you get 'free' electricity from your PV array for whatever you are consuming and then paid for any excess you generate?
Also is it still true that it takes more energy to manufacture these PV cells than they actually generate back in their lifetime?
However the Feed In Tariff is a misnomer since the major payment is paid for generation, not what's fed back into the grid. There is a small (3p ish) additional payment for units fed back, and this is usually assumed to be 1/2 the number of units generated.
With respect to total energy payback. Solar panels are very good. Some estimates show about 4 years, but I'm surprised.
http://www.energybulletin.net/node/17219
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