Current market price for roof mounted pv

[Doing it for the kids]

just doing some sums.

What would a 50 kw system cost for a rooftop set up on a typical portal framed ag building?

What / are there any tariffs worthy? If things go to plan site will use all the energy mon - Saturday, just wondering if it is worth it...

 

[f0ster]

with PV the sweet spot is 30kw, we have installed a couple of hundred systems on farms over the last few years and with PV below 30kw you do not require an import/export meter, so they assume you are exporting 50% even if you are actually exporting only 10%, the present rate is 4.32p plus the export rate of 5.03p so if you generate 20,000 kwh you will get paid for that at 4.32p then half of that you will get paid again for so 10,000 kwh at 5.03p. if you are paying 15p for your electric just over 5 year payback is possible, once you go over 30kw an import export meter is required and there is an annual charge for this,

 

[Courier]

if you are paying 15p for your electric just over 5 year payback is possible, once you go over 30kw an import export meter is required and there is an annual charge for this,

If you are paying 15p for your electric you need your head seeing to [emoji79]

Ask

https://www.businesssave.net/

Of any other energy broker for a few quotes [emoji41]

 

[f0ster]

that was not a quote, it was just an example of payback,

 

[Courier]

that was not a quote, it was just an example of payback,

Fair enough but why, oh why does sales blurb have to include unrealistic figures to justify itself [emoji36]

 

[pellow]

What can you run on 30KW of solar running at, say 70% output? could you run a 10 hp electric roller mill?

 

[upnortheast]

What can you run on 30KW of solar running at, say 70% output? could you run a 10 hp electric roller mill?

Doesn`t work like that. You would be buggered if a cloud crossed the sun
It is connected to your mains supply and is used or exported according to demand

 

[pellow]

Doesn`t work like that. You would be buggered if a cloud crossed the sun
It is connected to your mains supply and is used or exported according to demand

Ok, how many kwh would a 30kw system produce in a day? at 70% of total possible output

 

[Courier]

Ok, how many kwh would a 30kw system produce in a day? at 70% of total possible output

Summer or winter ??

 

[Wombat]

My 29.25kw system did 128kw yesterday and 200kw on a clear June day. Today with cloud and drizzle it's done 31 as examples

 

[Wombat]

In Dec it might do 4kw

 

[Moorlands]

with PV the sweet spot is 30kw, we have installed a couple of hundred systems on farms over the last few years and with PV below 30kw you do not require an import/export meter, so they assume you are exporting 50% even if you are actually exporting only 10%, the present rate is 4.32p plus the export rate of 5.03p so if you generate 20,000 kwh you will get paid for that at 4.32p then half of that you will get paid again for so 10,000 kwh at 5.03p. if you are paying 15p for your electric just over 5 year payback is possible, once you go over 30kw an import export meter is required and there is an annual charge for this,

So what sort of money we talking to install a 30kw system now?

 

[upnortheast]

Our 30 kw Weekly output Mid summer circa 1000KW Mid Winter 150 - 300 kw
Last week 510 kw
Just under 30000 kw year
Weekly output varies considerable with cloud cover. High pressure is good

 

[Exfarmer]

just doing some sums.

What would a 50 kw system cost for a rooftop set up on a typical portal framed ag building?

What / are there any tariffs worthy? If things go to plan site will use all the energy mon - Saturday, just wondering if it is worth it...

If you WILL use all the power generated it should wipe it's eye. To do this you will need to be using 40kw at lunchtime in the summer.

 

[f0ster]

with PV the tariff has come down a lot but so has the cost of the installation and 10year warranty is standard now on the inverters. the panels are very reliable, you can get the odd issue on cabling to the panels if it is not routed and located correctly and most important it has to kept out of the sun. sun light wrecks everything. the cabling is very heavily insulated just like a spark plug leads, it is the mc4 connectors that have to be carefully located and strapped up behind the panel so as not to get wet. with farm buildings you get long cable runs, if you are going to have a long cable run it is better to have long AC cable run rather long DC cable runs. long DC runs reduces out put and causes routing issues. better to locate the inverter as close as poss to the string area to be connected to that particular inverter.

 

[Doing it for the kids]

@f0ster you have clearly done a lot with renewables, what's your business called and where are you based? Pm if you like

 

[f0ster]

we are based right at the top of England, any further and you need your passport. we cover Cumbria and south west Scotland, we also cover the renewable energy for Aspatria farmers, it is a farming co-op with quite a lot of members.

 

[e3120]

we are based right at the top of England, any further and you need your passport. we cover Cumbria...

Eh, I'm 50 miles north of Carlisle, but still in England. I thought it was only the southerners who confused the wall with the border