- Location
- west mayo ireland
Anyone here got any of these on their house or sheds and give us a report on them,good or bad...ta..
Solar PV panels
- Thread starter astra
- Start date
- Location
- west mayo ireland
Thanks alicecow but I looking for end user experience of them...
- Location
- Northumberland
30 kw been going 2 years here. Prediction was 27000 kw / year. Doing a touch better than that.
Total benefit circa £6000 / year. That is FIT + export + saving of about £2000 on leccy bill
That was with FIT of 12p. It`s a fraction of that now
Total benefit circa £6000 / year. That is FIT + export + saving of about £2000 on leccy bill
That was with FIT of 12p. It`s a fraction of that now
Exfarmer
Member
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
They make electricity, how you use it is up to you.
Remember the most production comes on a summers day at midday.
Can you use this .
The least production is in winter, when you msy need it most.
Remember the most production comes on a summers day at midday.
Can you use this .
The least production is in winter, when you msy need it most.
I have a couple of 4 kw pv stations. One on a farm connection and one domestic.
Agree with Exfarmer - if you use the half of what you generate then its a winner simply because you are not buying it off the grid.
If you are exporting the vast majority back to the grid then a 5-8 year payback, possibly longer depending on FIT or ROC with us in NI.
Its probably better than money in the bank but unless your a high user at peak production I wouldn't bother and I wouldn't borrow to cover install costs.
If you need to cool products in the summer its probably a no brainer.
What size of station are you thinking off?
Agree with Exfarmer - if you use the half of what you generate then its a winner simply because you are not buying it off the grid.
If you are exporting the vast majority back to the grid then a 5-8 year payback, possibly longer depending on FIT or ROC with us in NI.
Its probably better than money in the bank but unless your a high user at peak production I wouldn't bother and I wouldn't borrow to cover install costs.
If you need to cool products in the summer its probably a no brainer.
What size of station are you thinking off?
Derky
Member
- Location
- Bucks/oxon
96 kw here on a grain store. I wouldnt bother again. The predicted figures are nowhere near the output.
SilliamWhale
Member
Interesting to hear those underwhelmed with them. Always felt i missed a trick
Exfarmer
Member
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
Very surprised to hear that, as the predictions were based on standard figures supplied by DECC. They were very conservative. All my panels are working approximately 10-15% over target. We have had no years when they have not beaten the figures in up to 5 years running.
Have you got unusual amounts of dust on them?
- Location
- Northumberland
Ours running 10% ahead of prediction after 2 years