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Typo ..... Watch to watch out for with free solar panels .... What ?

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  Simple ones first (feedback) ......
  Typo ..... "Watch to watch out for with free solar panels " .... What ?
  Z
• Thanks, I've updated :-)
• OK, I'll bite. Has anyone any experience of changing supplier while on the Feed-in Tariff? I know it is not supposed to be a barrier to changing, but given the palava of registering and submitting readings (I now have two separate registrations, one for a Micro CHP boiler and one for Solar PV) and the risk of losing payments while the switch happened, I do wonder how easy it is. I am currently with Scottish Power (more fool me you might say) and their systems for dealing with the Feed-in Tariff are not exactly slick, maybe other suppliers are better.
• Since after having the panels installed there will be no direct sunlight hitting the roof tiles, would you think there may be a problem with moss build up under the tiles over the years (as it will be moist and damp .. ahem!) ?
• My mum bought some Solar Thermal panels. Anyone know how much this could save her?
• I contacted a "pay for them" supplier - sadly I cant remember who it was! - but the chap on the phone wanted to book an appointment which would last 90 minutes, and he wanted both my wife and myself present when he came.
  Sound familiar? - think double glazing! - think Kirby! etc etc.
  When I asked him why it took 90 minutes he said he wanted to explain everything in detail, and it must be to both of us. Also they only did three appointments per day - 11am - 3pm and 7pm.
  I wonder why?
  I told him to forget it!
  Dave
• https://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...feed-in-tariff
  "Solar PV has failed in Germany and it will fail in the UK"
  When the German programme began in 2000, it offered index-linked payments of 51 euro cents for every KWh of electricity produced by solar PV. These were guaranteed for 20 years. This is similar to the UK's initial subsidy, of 41p. As in the UK, the solar subsidy was, and remains, massively greater than the payments for other forms of renewable technology.
  The real net cost of the solar PV installed in Germany between 2000 and 2008 was Ђ35bn. The paper estimates a further real cost of Ђ18bn in 2009 and 2010: a total of Ђ53bn in ten years. These investments make wonderful sense for the lucky householders who could afford to install the panels, as lucrative returns are guaranteed by taxing the rest of Germany's electricity users. But what has this astonishing spending achieved? By 2008 solar PV was producing a grand total of 0.6% of Germany's electricity. 0.6% for Ђ35bn. Hands up all those who think this is a good investment."
  
• I am looking to have PV panels installed on my house. I have lots of reasons for this, namely i get power i can use for free, and power i don't use i get paid for.
  I may have mis-understood some of the responses posted here, it would seem that many people are upset because PV systems are generally installed by those who can afford the huge initial outlay.
  Am i correct in thinking that because i would be paid a fixed sum for the power i produce and therefore reducing the money my power company take from me, i am therefore putting fuel prices up for those that cannot afford to have panels fitted? Surely if we applied that principle to almost anything we buy the same would apply?
  I dont have 10k in a bank account to pay for the system, in fact i would need to re-mortage like many of the people i know who have had these systems fitted.
  What is clear is that i am not totally convinced by some of the figures they seem to generate.
  What i am interested in is simple can i produce more power than i use?
  How much would i get for the extra power and for how long?
  If less power is produced during the winter do the costs still offset themselves.?
  One of my friends who has a 4kw system has said yes to all of these questions.
  Thoughts?
• Hello,
  I just spent a long time writing about some prices we received but I was logged out. Rather frustrating.
  Anyway, my husband and I are retired and want solar panels. We have a big roof but not a particularly big budget. We looked at free offers but decided that buying was probably better. We had real problems getting prices, and from the article I guess we're not the only ones. The best ones we have so far are from isis solar. I've listed them below and wondered if anyone had better ones they could share?
  Thank you!
  3.96kw = Ј11,950
  3.60kw = Ј11,235
  3.24kw = Ј10,400
  2.88kw = Ј9,365
  2.52kw = Ј8,680
  2.16kw = Ј7,925
  1.80kw = Ј7,255
  1.44kw = Ј6,895
• https://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0df70188-a...#axzz1QecsL2Hy
  Without the subsidies, I am unaware of any domestic renewable power generation that is feasible. I'd be more than happy for someone to point out any that are.
  If you want to save money on power, make sure you have a heat recovery ventilation system and that your house is insulated to Swedish Building Code standards.
• To take part in this scheme is to be party to what is, in effect, a massive swindle of grand proportions.
  Essentially the only way that this renewable energy (oxymoron alert) con is possible is by the massive subsidies ordered by the climate hysterics in government who actually believe that carbon dioxide is responsible for, erm chuckle, tornadoes and the demise of poor little polar bears.
  These idiots have fallen for the global warming con and think it's a good idea to give those right-on middle classes with spare cash in the bank to go out and buy solar panels and pocket any cash earned via the feed-in tariff scheme. All this profit is paid for by those who cannot afford to buy solar panels namely millions of people in low income jobs and pensioners and other unfortunates.
  But never mind you're saving the planet right and making money at the same time. Well great. Good luck to you but as I understand it this website was set up in order to expose dodgy practices.
• Phew!
  I was thinking the previous solar thread was closed because things were getting too hot and bothered!
  Out of the frying pan into a hotter fire it looks like to me.
  I think people are realising the massive cost onto our bills of these pretty engineringly stupid ideas. We now pay, in our electricity bills, 37% of the actual generation cost of that electricity towards these types of 'green' ideas. I expect people landed with bills they can't afford are now questioning the sanity of these subsidies.
  Is it right, or moral, for the poorer off generally to transfer cash to the better off generally via this subsidy system?
  Is it right at this time of cutbacks in every other area, to be subsidising extermely inefficient methods of electricity generation?
  Is it right to be subsidising uncontrollable generation of little value which produces electricity when the spot price isn't high, yet produces nothing at all when electricity is needed most and prices are highest?
  Is it right to be subsidising generation which, even if every roof in the uk were covered, wouldn't reduce the number of power stations we need?