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A Shade Greener feed-in tariff solar panels - pigeon problems
I've read most articles on this issue and also reached out to "consumer champions" for help to no avail. My parents got these panels in around late 2014 on a 25 year lease, after being sold the idea by a salesman at the door. They were pretty ignorant of the whole thing and how it would work/be fitted other than the fact…
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Solar Battery in Cold temperatures
Hello, can anyone tell me if a Solar Battery installed in a cold garage has less stored energy in the winter than in the summer? I had my Solaredge 10kWh (9.7kWh usable) battery installed recently in November and noticed I get approxtimately 6.5kWh- 7.5kWh of battery power after looking at some charts and numbers. At a…
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Moving house - take my battery with me?
We had a Heatable instalation in Cornwall 2 years ago - 10 x panels with enphase microinverters plus 2 x 5kWh Alpha ESS batteries, a 5 kWh Alpha inverter and a Zappi car charger. We have now had an offer accepted on a new property that has an old dumb BP Chargemaster EV charger but no other green kit. The new house has a…
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Inverter error and no power going to export meter
Dear all, I'd appreciate any wisdom that you can impart. We're happy to pay a professional if needed, but would like to avoid calling someone out if this is a simple issue. My MIL hasn't been getting paid for her solar exports for quite some time (this issue may go back as far as Apr-24). My FIL was the technology…
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The Alternative Green Energy Thread
In an attempt to maintain harmony on Martyn1981’s Green, Ethical, Energy issues in the news thread, Mart and I have agreed that I will no longer contribute to that thread but instead start a separate thread which Mart has agreed not to participate on. The intention of the thread is that green energy issues can be discussed…
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Adding battery to existing solar PV system - any thoughts/advice please.
I am looking to add a battery to my existing solar system (details of which are in my signature). I have received the quote below from a local supplier for a 10kWh system with the potential to charge/discharge at 5kW. As requested, please find below your quotation for works. Solis 5kw AC Coupled Inverter: * Programmable…
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8.5 kW Bifacial PV System: ~7 year ROI: Fact OR fiction?
Updated system size is 8.45kW at a total installed cost of £10.5K. Current ROI is forecast at 6.5 years. Hi there, I've recently been quoted for solar panels from 3 installers referred by Solarguide. My guidance to these companies was maximum solar power yield per panel for their proposals. Quote: The LG panels are dual…
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Should I go off-grid?
I live in quite a modern house down a road with lots of other houses on the outskirts of town. I believe the house has been supplied with electricity and gas ever since it was built. Until about five years ago, I used ebico to supply my energy. It was great because there was no standing charge. By not heating my house and…
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How accurate are your PV generation figures?
I was impressed by some of the generation figures reported on the “talking ‘bout my generation” thread in December. I am curious, however, how accurate some of these figures might be at this time of year. I have noticed this month quite a wide variation between the figures recorded by my inverter app, my generation meter…
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Fuel Cell Boilers - Thoughts?
Does anyone have any experience? Currently the ship seems to have sailed on getting them at an economical price as the FIT was withdrawn and then presumably since Brexit we are no longer eligible for the PACE grants? But if they were included in the green recovery deal I would definitely be interested, not sure what the…
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Smart Export Guarantee:- No Payment During Set Up Time
Hi All, I installed solar at the end of May (using Effective Home.... decent experience btw). I was accepted by British Gas Smart export guarantee scheme in August. In the time between the install and acceptance for SEG I exported nearly 900 kw of electricity to the grid. British Gas say that I will only be paid by them…
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Should I get an EV now I have solar panels?
Hi I had my new solar panels and battery installed at the end of November (with huge thanks to this Forum and Screwdriva for the great advice and installer recommendations). We have a 10kWp array with 8 panels facing east and 12 panels facing west - so our winter generation won't be great (which is so far proving to be…
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Elster A100C failure - Advice & Clarification Please
Hi, My Elster generation meter is currently "frozen" - displaying a reading that is from a few weeks ago. The Inverter is working, and I've tried a full restart of the system (isolate everything, turn it all off, then on and de-isolate) but the meter is still showing the same reading. The red light is flashing periodically…
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How to get the best SEG tariff
Hi everyone We've just published a new guide on How to get the best Smart Export Guarantee rates and we'd love to hear your feedback. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. Thanks for your help, MSE Clare
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Overexposed: a study on forced labour in Solar Panel Manufacturing (by Brand)
Incase anyone wondered about the ethics (or lack thereof) in their Solar Panels, this study by Sheffield Hallam University has proved genuinely eye opening for me. A must read for the Ethically conscious among us.
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Solar Panels with Battery - Advise on options and questions please
I have been thinking and finally decided to get the solar with battery following yet another increase in prices. It will only get expensive! If not cost I know why not many having this and it's because everything is so confusing. So I very much would appreciate if you can help please? The house is a semi detached property…
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PicoStream: Micro scale (2kWp) Hydro power generation for the UK!
Great to finally see an inexpensive, simple to install and commission hydroelectric power solution that will work well for UK properties with streams flowing through them! Looks like the cost is < £10K but is yet to be confirmed. Install time is 4 hours and DNO approvals take < 2 months. Assuming consistent flow and…
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Solax Cloud WI-Fi APP
For some reason my Solax Wi-Fi APP is acting very strangely, I am unable to access my setting using my iPhone X, plus it keeps occasionally losing my device site, I have deleted and installed the APP, removed it from my hub and reinstalled. The dongle is green and working fine. However I can easily access the site using my…
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Which storage battery
Hi all, We have recently had a 12kW ashp installed in our 4 bed house (4 of us); prior to this we were reasonably heavy users anyway using anywhere between 5-15kW. Currently we’re between 15 and 25kW and this will obviously increase in winter. I have just started to get quotes for battery storage; we also have solar panels…
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Which solar seasonable tariffs best?
I wonder if I could just put some questions out there about tariffs, solar and changing over to Octopus etc as my head hurts from trying to work it all out and knowing there is a lot of experience out there on the forum it seems to makes sense to ask those in the know. We will shortly have 16 x 500 panels and a Tesla PW3…
