[Ultron]

I got a quote through SolarTogether and sort of assumed it is a good quote. It is part of a group buying scheme by the council, I thought it is probably as good a value I am going to get - plus a vetted supplier. But I have had some great responses to my other question and somebody pointed me to a Youtube channel "The EV Puzzle", where Nigel talks about a 14 panels system costing only £4K in the video from earlier this month. The quote now doesn't seem good at all, so I thought what people think.

The installer has quoted nearly £3.7k for 8 panels (includes everything incl. installation over slate tiles) and jumps to £4.3k for 10 panels. There is a quote for battery too but I am not keen on getting that just now.

I paid £6k in Feb 2019 for 14 high end 300w Italian panels and a "Solar Edge" Optimiser system that deals with a tiny shading issue in high summer, but is very very efficient. And this still in the FIT Era.

Contact Tanget Solar , @Trevor Larkum runs it along with another great guy Jason. They did an excellent job for me. If you want a basic 4kw panels / invertor system not high end fancy i suspect they will get close to £4k now and certainly should be able to beat £3.7k for just 8 panels.

Solar & Battery Installed Together - Tanjent Energy (tanjent-energy.com)

I'm sure Trev will be along to say hi too.

 

[Ultron]

It might be cheaper to hire a tower, or a cherry picker...

Trust me no way an installer ( the two blokes that actually go on the roof and do the nuts and bolts) is going to work from one of those. If they fall they are in trouble.

 

[Ultron]

BTW solar unless you can consume it makes no sense without batteries now.


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Makes less sense maybe, but you can sell you excess solar in the market now, Octopus Energy used to pay good rates in 2020. I got the last of FIT and deemed export so until they pay over 6p kwh in the open market any time of day i would be worse off.

Introducing Outgoing Octopus: The UK's first smart export tariff

Perfect for homes with solar panels, battery storage, or any other way of sharing energy back to the grid.

octopus.energy

 

[Ultron]

I have no idea what Octopus pay. Some tariffs are not eligible for outgoings. My day rate is 14.2p so unless they are paying equivalent it makes no sense exporting.

Battery would also enable charging at off peak hours and satisfy background usage


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None of the post FIT , even 2019 FIT like me, pay enough to give up FIT payments plus 50% deemed export if you actually consume over 50%.

I think 5p kwh, maybe 5.5p was the best on the open market in 2020. I suspect if leccy prices keep going up 5%-10% p/a, eventually they will be offering 20p kwh, when we are paying 50p kwh is normal!!