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Quote: Originally posted by Delboya on 19/1/2015Had mine since Feb 2012, so got the benefit of lower capital prices (although not as cheap as today) but the highest FiT tariff - currently 48.07p. A few comments in response to posts above:1. The FiT tariff is the one to look for - not what you sell back - which is called Grid Export. For example, in 2014, my FiT income was £1867.84 against a grid export of £65.86.2. It's very likely that a new inverter will be likely around the half distance - current pricing (for a 4KW system) is about £1000.

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3. The FiT tariff dropped by 50p per KWH on the 1 jan, but they have been gradually dropping on a quarterly basis since March 2012.

4. Just modified my original spreadsheet to reflect current prices/income, and assuming an initial cost of £5k, payback is sometime in year 7. The forecast for my own is sometime in year 4 (ie 2015)!! Still better than leaving your money in the bank/building society. My spreadsheet assumes you have the cash - ie there are no finance charges.

5. Rent-a-roof schemes mean that you have NO initial or maintenance costs, but all income goes to the scheme principals. Your only benefit is SOME free electricity - the EST (Energy Savings Trust) roughly estimate the savings to be about a third of your electricity bill - excluding space heating costs.

6. If you are going to do it, it is worth also looking at a power dump switch to dump spare capacity into your hot water tank. Not suitable for all systems (eg if you always use electric showers), but it has saved me a lot of money. For example, last year I turned off the boiler in April, and switched it back on in late Sept, and on only 2 occasions did I have to give a manual boost to the immersion heater. (Google Immersun - not the cheapest now but this will get you started.)

I have detailed figures/graphs of my usage/income for the past 3 years if you are interested.

Del

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Still better than leaving your money in the bank/building society. My spreadsheet assumes you have the cash - ie there are no finance charges. Exactly.
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Post last edited on 21/01/2015 15:18:03

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Quote: Originally posted by GCMS2012 on 27/1/2015

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Well...

We've just had a guy over to quote us for panels.

Explained everything, both types - 'rent a roof' and buy your panels.

We're NOT eligible for RAR as we don't have enough roof area for it to be financially worth it for whoever does it.

So, we've got a price (not signed the dotted line), for bought panels...

Going to have a think now....

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