Green Deal solar

Clive · Jul 22, 2020

I see under the Green Deal announced in the summer statement that domestic solar qualifies

Im thinking I could maybe get up to 5k for solar on my house ? @Exfarmer maybe ?

can anyone recommend an advisor or installer I should speak to about this please ? scheme isn't open yet as far as I can see but nothing to stop planning ready for it I guess ?

Exfarmer · Jul 22, 2020

I have not seen this. You would not normally require planning for placing solar on a roof.
if I was going for a ground mount, and had the space, I would seriously look at one of the rotating systems as that will give double the output and much more usable electricity.
However I have not seen such systems promoted lately.
Are you aware that Hot water panels are far more efficient at catching solar than PV?
sorry know little about installers your way, be careful there are still plenty of sharks out there. If they talk more than 5k for such a set up it is too much.

Clive · Jul 22, 2020

Exfarmer said:
I have not seen this. You would not normally require planning for placing solar on a roof.
if I was going for a ground mount, and had the space, I would seriously look at one of the rotating systems as that will give double the output and much more usable electricity.
However I have not seen such systems promoted lately.
Are you aware that Hot water panels are far more efficient at catching solar than PV?
sorry know little about installers your way, be careful there are still plenty of sharks out there. If they talk more than 5k for such a set up it is too much.

Its the sharks Im worried about - goggle is full of companies but I would rather work on recommendation

I have a barn near the house with a large south facing roof that would be perfect I think, with a electric car about to be delivered I'm thinking I will use the power or maybe use the car to store it and feed back in through the night ??

Last time I looked it didn't stack up but this new grant of up to 5k probably shifts viability ?

Doing it for the kids · Jul 22, 2020

Agreed.

i would look for local maintenance companies who have survived the last few years as they will probably still be around in the future.

gavztheouch · Jul 22, 2020

What electric car did you go for Clive? I have a large ground mount system and have been after an electric car for year so I can drive on solar energy.

br jones · Jul 22, 2020

Clive said:
Its the sharks Im worried about - goggle is full of companies but I would rather work on recommendation

I have a barn near the house with a large south facing roof that would be perfect I think, with a electric car about to be delivered I'm thinking I will use the power or maybe use the car to store it and feed back in through the night ??

Last time I looked it didn't stack up but this new grant of up to 5k probably shifts viability ?

Green park power ,good chaps but maybe a little to far ,hugh on 07474416883

Clive · Jul 23, 2020

gavztheouch said:
What electric car did you go for Clive? I have a large ground mount system and have been after an electric car for year so I can drive on solar energy.

a Taycan - it’s not turned up yet, should have arrived in april but c19 caused delay, should turn up this month i’m told

gavztheouch · Jul 23, 2020

Lucky man, that looks like a fun car, Tesla performance with German quality build

i have just seen the Renault Zoe comes in a commercial version, very tempted as this could be a business expense.

For price reference I purchased 44kw of ground mount solar for ~30k. We prepared the site and laid the concrete ballast. Just caught the end of tariff around 5p plus export.

You would still get export on your solar. There are also tariffs like octopus agile tariff that pays you to charge your car when there is excess energy in the grid

An Gof · Aug 19, 2020

Clive said:
a Taycan - it’s not turned up yet, should have arrived in april but c19 caused delay, should turn up this month i’m told

An Gof said:
Taycan

My guess back in April was inspired

Congratulations

once bitten by the Porsche bug you just can’t let go.

Still Farming · Aug 19, 2020

Only so many qualifying Models/Makes on list.

Low-emission vehicles eligible for a plug-in grant

Check which electric (plug-in) and hybrid vans, trucks and motorbikes are available for a grant.

www.gov.uk

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Clive · Aug 19, 2020

Still Farming said:
Only so many qualifying Models/Makes on list.

Low-emission vehicles eligible for a plug-in grant

Check which electric (plug-in) and hybrid vans, trucks and motorbikes are available for a grant.

www.gov.uk

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the EV grant is only on cars beloe 50k i think and quite rightly so

the grant im looking at for domestic solar is a different thing under household efficiency

sjt01 · Aug 19, 2020

Clive said:
a Taycan - it’s not turned up yet, should have arrived in april but c19 caused delay, should turn up this month i’m told

Enjoy! I am sure you will, have had the Tesla S for 4 1/2 years now and still enjoy every day. Hope you specced the right tyres

Still Farming · Aug 19, 2020

Clive said:
the EV grant is only on cars beloe 50k i think and quite rightly so

the grant im looking at for domestic solar is a different thing under household efficiency

Yes but thought you were talking about electric car too?

Clive · Aug 19, 2020

Still Farming said:
Yes but thought you were talking about electric car too?

not on this “green deal“ grant sadly, buying one has just focused my mind re domestic solar as I guess I’m about to start using a lot more electricity at home

Andrew K · Aug 19, 2020

Clive,
Are you using Powerwall in the house or similar?

Still Farming · Aug 19, 2020

What is cost to charge fully car batteries?
Most domestic tariffs are 15-30p kwhr atleast.

Clive · Aug 19, 2020

Andrew K said:
Clive,
Are you using Powerwall in the house or similar?

not yet but looking into options, this new grant resets viability I think on domestic stuff

Clive · Aug 19, 2020

Still Farming said:
What is cost to charge fully car batteries?
Most domestic tariffs are 15-30p kwhr atleast.

depends on the car

Andrew K · Aug 19, 2020

I think so.
I would like to hook up any future Ev,s straight to our solar panels if possible but guess that some sort of inverter would be needed at least.

Clive · Aug 19, 2020

Andrew K said:
I think so.
I would like to hook up any future Ev,s straight to our solar panels if possible but guess that some sort of inverter would be needed at least.

im thinking the car (s) could be used as a power store for solar on days it’s not being used and pimp power into the grid

a car that earns you cash when not being used ? i have. friend who works for a company that are going to provide such contracts

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