Farm subsidies/ wind / solar farms.
- Thread starter nelly55
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- Scottish Highlands
So six times as much subsidy as value of power generated? Sounds a bit on the low side compared to domestic solar - are they not on 50p + FIT and about 6p generation?
Exfarmer
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- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
some of the early turbines were on very high rates, To get that sort of income would require a 100KW turbine producing 750,000 units a year. Not sure if that is possible?
Exfarmer
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- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
I think some of the early domestic would pay to put floodlights on !
A Contract was agreed and signed by two Parties. End of discussion.
- Location
- Cirencester
No subs on any new solar farms now. Have to pay their own way.Quite how offshore wind stacks up I wouldnt have a scooby
- Location
- Forfar,Angus,Scotland
If there were no subsidies most onshore turbines and solar would have to be turned off,5p/kw wouldn't go far towards maintenance,rates,insurance etc even on good sites.
- Location
- Northumberlandia
Dunno what the local Windy Millers get paid but it must be a fair whack as one lot of 10 big ones on the moors away from me pay the local parish £40k annually just to benefit the community
and thats on top of all the rent the local estate collects for them being there for the 25yr period.
and thats on top of all the rent the local estate collects for them being there for the 25yr period.
Well do a degree. I mean climate change is a moral issue isn't it?.....
Wow! That's a fair old contribution to the coffers!
fermerboy
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- Location
- Banffshire
Offshore wind guys near all work on the goverment backed contract for difference scheme. They have to tender a competitive bid as to what they can produce at.
The last round of contracts were in at £39.65-£42 per MW(3.9-4.2p/kwh)I think. Given that wholesale production of electric on the scale they are at is selling in the £60s per MWH its just a unlikely to be used safety net to give investors a guaranteed income.
Every round of CFD has dropped in price, some of the early ones topped at £114/MWH, so they are on good money now from the goverment. I would need to check but the biggest subsidy is given to the last nuclear plant which was CFD at about £125/mw
I'm heavily involved in an offshore wind farm scheme and I'm assured they can make a return at 4p/kwh so anything over that is good money.
They have become very efficient, now a foundation and cable to it is for a 15MW absolutely massive turbine compared to a 3MW a few years back.
Makes the onshore guys look like kids toys.
The last round of contracts were in at £39.65-£42 per MW(3.9-4.2p/kwh)I think. Given that wholesale production of electric on the scale they are at is selling in the £60s per MWH its just a unlikely to be used safety net to give investors a guaranteed income.
Every round of CFD has dropped in price, some of the early ones topped at £114/MWH, so they are on good money now from the goverment. I would need to check but the biggest subsidy is given to the last nuclear plant which was CFD at about £125/mw
I'm heavily involved in an offshore wind farm scheme and I'm assured they can make a return at 4p/kwh so anything over that is good money.
They have become very efficient, now a foundation and cable to it is for a 15MW absolutely massive turbine compared to a 3MW a few years back.
Makes the onshore guys look like kids toys.
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- Location
- Cirencester
There are NO subs for new build solar sites, which bit of that dont you understand??
fermerboy
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- Location
- Banffshire
Local wind farm to here I think its about £70k a year to be used by the local community.
How is yours coming along, broken ground yet?
- Location
- Cirencester
Lol, they are "delayed" hope they will break ground next week fingers crossed!!!
Ah, well all the best ones don’t start building till Christmas when it’s most wet 
- Location
- Forfar,Angus,Scotland
Large scale now still work that's not what I was talking about,I DO understand,read what said,I never mentioned new build large sites, don't tell me a 100kw of solar paying 5p/kw would ever generate a reasonable return.
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- Location
- Cirencester
Yes, thats why they all want 150+acres, think they've settled on 88ac for ours so it must stack up at that
How close and what size is your grid?
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