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  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 14,762 Forumite
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    This article caught my eye, not just because it's about using PV and storage to help with disasters and grid resiliency, but because all such uses and deployments will mean an ever faster and greater rollout of storage, from which we all (me included :)) will benefit in the longer term. Or to be clearer, I'll be able to play with storage sooner as the 'longer term' gets shortened.

    New Florida legislation could make solar-plus-storage the go-to for disaster relief and resiliency
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  • NigeWick
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    zeupater wrote: »
    sheep seem to love their facilities maintenance role in the power generation sector
    I read somewhere that some are growing mushrooms under PV panels. And in India, they're putting panels over rivers & canals to prevent water evaporation.
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    Nicolai_Grenovski wrote: »
    It's interesting that yet again you equate fossil fuels with nuclear.
    Perhaps because fossil fuels and nuclear are not renewables and they are highly polluting either during or after generation.
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  • Martyn1981
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    NigeWick wrote: »
    Perhaps because fossil fuels and nuclear are not renewables and they are highly polluting either during or after generation.

    Very true, plus, of course, I was talking about the economics, but according to him, they don't share the same economic laws as each other, or renewables, and he "cannot think of a single scientific or academic group that agrees with you [me] on the subject."

    At some point FF supporters and nuclear campaigners have to accept that renewables have won the economic fight. But till then it's still interesting and fun to exchange information.
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  • Martyn1981
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    The world keeps moving forward.

    Tesla says solar roof production has started in Buffalo
    (Reuters) - Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) said on Tuesday it began manufacturing its premium solar roof tiles at the company’s Buffalo, New York factory last month and has started surveying the homes of customers who made a deposit of $1,000 to reserve the product last year.
    Mart. Cardiff. 5.58 kWp PV systems (3.58 ESE & 2.0 WNW)

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  • Martyn1981
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    Martyn1981 wrote: »
    On the subject of subsidy free PV farms (and the benefits of PPA's), here's another one, a very big 'nother one!

    Second huge solar farm in the works as INRG plots 120MW post-subsidy array

    This article gives a bit more detail about the new scheme, but more importantly looks into the difficulties of going subsidy free in the UK. It looks tough, but not impossible, and solar costs keep falling further and further, certainly further than I'd even dreamed they could by this point in time.

    INRG in pursuit of ‘perfect answer’ for subsidy-free solar economics
    Mart. Cardiff. 5.58 kWp PV systems (3.58 ESE & 2.0 WNW)

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  • zeupater
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    Hi

    Just reading one of the news feeds I usually use for updates & noticed that it had picked up on a tweet from Ofgem a few hours ago ...
    Feed-in Tariff rates will remain current until March 2018. Future tariff rates can be found here: http://!!!!!!/EnpG30hGNNZ
    ... so no change in the tariff applicable for new systems for now ...

    HTH
    Z
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  • Martyn1981
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    zeupater wrote: »
    Hi

    Just reading one of the news feeds I usually use for updates & noticed that it had picked up on a tweet from Ofgem a few hours ago ...

    ... so no change in the tariff applicable for new systems for now ...

    HTH
    Z

    That's interesting, it's very slightly different to the list I've been using in the FAQ's (by about 0.1p/kWh) every quarter. I'll change the reference to this document instead.
    Mart. Cardiff. 5.58 kWp PV systems (3.58 ESE & 2.0 WNW)

    For general PV advice please see the PV FAQ thread on the Green & Ethical Board.
  • zeupater
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    Martyn1981 wrote: »
    That's interesting, it's very slightly different to the list I've been using in the FAQ's (by about 0.1p/kWh) every quarter. I'll change the reference to this document instead.
    :D ... I'd guess that the link Ofgem provided would be the official list! ... :D
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  • Martyn1981
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    zeupater wrote: »
    :D ... I'd guess that the link Ofgem provided would be the official list! ... :D

    When it comes to OFGEM you can never be too careful. ;)

    FAQ's amended. Thanks again.
    Mart. Cardiff. 5.58 kWp PV systems (3.58 ESE & 2.0 WNW)

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