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Solar IBoost+ experience
Last year when we had solar panels installed we also had a Solar IBoost+ fitted to heat one of the two hot water cylinders in our house. (We have a biggish house so have 2 separate hot water cylinders at each end to cut down losses from long pipe runs.) I love the IBoost in principle but in practice there were a few…
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Solar panel location; East & North facing pitched roof Vs South facing Flat roof
Hi, I live in an extended dormer bungalow with unusual shaped roof- limited pitched roof, lots of south facing flat roof. I have been given a quote by GSL for 9 panels on the pitched roof (4 East facing, 5 North facing). They don't recommend panels on the south facing flat roof due to difficulties of mounting them on flat…
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Is a wind turbine suitable for my needs?
Firstly, I own a small field that adjoins my bungalow which is surrounded by other large fields belonging to farmers, so installing a decent free-standing wind turbine shouldn't be a problem. Wind in my fairly exposed location isn't in short supply either. Digging a trench for cables shouldn't be an issue either. I do of…
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Carbon Offset Payments
My son is obtaining quotes to have a solar system installed. He has received a link about getting payments of 10p per kwh for all of the energy that he generates but would have to pay to have a monitor installed. He has not gone as far as finding out the cost of the monitor but is bit wary in case this is a scam. Have any…
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Solar + Battery quote
I'm down the path of finding a reliable Solar PV and Battery installer in my area. I have had a few prices, but there always seems to be a catch somewhere along the line I have a firm quote of £14,700 from a local installer who actually visited, so it's not likely to go up which is my concern with the online quotes I've…
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FIT rate increase 2024?
Any idea how/when this will be calculated. Last 2 years have been 7.5 and 13.4% so hoping for another good one.
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FIT rate from April 2024
RPI rate for December has just been released at 5.2% so by my calculations it gives a new FIT rate as below: Generation rate was 68.3p so now 71.85p per kWh generated Export rate was 4.82p so now 5.07p per kWh exported This is for pre 2012, if you have later installations you'll need to multiple your current rate by 5.2%…
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Solar and battery system
We're about to move, which we've been looking at for years, this will be our forever home which means I can finally do solar and battery!! The house has a large, pretty south facing roof: https://imgur.com/GEp93T8.png And online calculators suggest I can fit a lot of panels: https://imgur.com/sgzYu3a.png Usage wise, we…
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Solar Edge Grid Monitoring Connection (or lack of)
Hi, With a Solaredge system, optimisers, inverter, battery, what if any is the impact if the monitoring connection to the incoming supply is not in place? The installer says the only effect will be that the Solaredge dashboard won't show import/export, but there will be no loss of function. Does that sound correct? This…
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Opting out of FIT exports to get Octopus Outgoing
I was going to ask for advice on here but I've bitten the bullet and gone for it. Today I requested to opt out of the FIT export payments with Ecotricity and signed up for Outgoing Octopus. I'll post back here with any developments and how things unfold. My 3.42kWp array was installed in 2017 and I've been receiving deemed…
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Quick ways to go green and save
Hi, We've written a new guide - 26 quick ways to go green and save - and would love your feedback. Please let us know if it was helpful and if there are any other tips you'd add. Thanks for your help! MSE Sarah
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Considering large battery and inverter
Hi there, Just looking at the moment and unlikely I will get a system we cannot move to a new house when we move so not interested in Solar. Currently we have a house with an ASHP and ideally we would need a 20kwh battery and inverter with the need to charge that fully in 5 hours or sooner every night in the winter and…
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British Gas - Your FIT payments are being suspended
Just received this in an email from British Gas today with no previous contact despite submitting FIT readings and receiving payment in Oct. Seems absolutely crazy that they immediately go to suspend FIT payments if they can't access on a single visit and make no further attempt at contact or visiting to verify. Photos now…
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Critique my solar quote!
Hi all Does this seem like a decent deal, 5.8.kw jingko panels 5kw GivEnergy hybrid inverter 5kw givenergy battery givenergy ev charger installed on to slate roof with solar flash (no drilling of slates) 10 yr warranty on installation, 25yr on panels, 12 yr on inverter and battery £9136 have also been offered by same…
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Solar with Battery - Winter alternatives to Octopus Flux ?
Hello to all I've been lurking in this forum for some time - just joined up as I wish to post a query. To set the scene ... (I'll see if I can add this to my signature later - currently restricted as a "newbie") Setup - 16 x 410w Canadian Solar, all South Facing in NW England + SE 6000H HD Wave Inverter & Optimisers, plus…
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IOF vs anything else in the winter?
So I'll be getting a GE AIO + a further 3.4kw worth of panels (making a total of 6.6 kw) I don't yet have an EV yet either In such a situation would it still be worth continuing to be on IOF? Or would agile be better given that GivEnergy hook into Octopus' API to only "download" at the cheapest times? If I get an EV, would…
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Solar quote opinions
Been offered the following 15 x jinko tiger neo 435n type panels G3 givenergy 5kw hybrid inverter 9.5kw gen 2 givenergy battery Givenergy eV charger Fully installed by Mcs certified installer, dno, scaffolding etc Total cost is £11347 Haven't had any comparisons as other quotes have been using sunsynk / SolaX but looking…
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Octopus Saving sessions 2023
So i just saw the email from octopus about this years saving sessions and octoplus as they call it. Anyone looked into it yet to see if we can still earn points the same way as we did last year, ie. The in day calculation method?
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Why I can't see solar panels being worth it, any body else written them off once and for all?
Having looked at several posts of 'real world' users generating tiny amounts in winter from their solar panel arrays, I can't really ever see them being viable for me. Like most we hardly use any electric in the summer, and solar would seemingly give us virtually free generation during the peak summer months. So based on…
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Weird issues with Huawei FusionSolar app
I have 2kW peak of solar panels with a Huawei inverter and home storage battery. I've got Huawei FusionSolar app on my Android phone but I've noticed that the stats for Yield seem off (other stats might be off too but this is the one I've noticed). For example, a few days ago I had this yield graph that the app said gave…
