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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.
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
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.
My panels are from Israel,They pick up the slightest light,I can go on the PC or Iphone and see what each panel is doing, and a daily, weekly,monthly or yearly read out what they have produced,Plus the weather forecast.
Post last edited on 21/01/2015 15:18:03
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