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Will my bill go up?
I am currently on a “green” tariff for my electricity, I don’t have gas. My question is, if all the electricity I use is from renewable sources, as stated by my supplier, will my bill go up as, in theory at least, the gas price rise shouldn’t affect my supply? Any thoughts/info?
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Solar Panels - energy price hikes making them more worthwhile?
re-posting here for more views originally posted in 'energy' ... We are lucky enough to live in an old house in the Scottish countryside (5bed, 3 reception) and as with many rural properties we aren't on the gas network. The people before us installed a GSHP for the heating and hot water, but they didn't install much in…
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Will solar panels save us money?
Hi i’m reposting in this thread after positing in the energy area, as a few people said this is the place to get more advice! My 80 year old parents own a semi detached 3bed house and use c. 4500 kwh electricity / yr. They have been quoted for solar PV panels that should give them more energy than they use on average per…
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Oven efficiency
I have a double electric oven with a conventional small oven and a larger Fan oven. Can anyone tell me which is the most efficient?
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Bulb vs. Octopus import tariffs
I was surprised to see such a substantial difference in “green” tariffs! I’ll let the screen grabs do the talking but the post code and annual usage are the same. Safe to say, I won’t be switching to Octopus till things calm down.
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Free Solar Panels Issue
Hi all, I received details earlier this year about a local scheme where E.on and my local council supply and install solar panels and a battery. The surveyor came out in May this year and checked my property. I have a two bedroom semi detached bungalow with good insulation. I have a new hot water cylinder on a timer and my…
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Dumb meters and solar
Is it the home owners responsility to ensure that smart meters are installed before the fitting of PV? I've put off my installation until I can get smart meters fitted, but as long as I've told the supplier I'm getting PV is the ball then in their court to get them fitted so they can bill me correctly? I suppose there…
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Change of Ownership of FIT on new property
Hi, I have taken the keys to my new house and inherited the solar panels in the sale, in terms of the FIT and being paid for that unfortunately he never filled out the EDF form to change that over to myself - how would I go about moving this over to myself? I cant find any details on how to do this
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Smarter Homes unsolicited phone call
I've just had a call on our landline from a "Mr Watson" at "Smarter Homes" (I only have his word on both those points) trying to convince me to have my solar panels inspected for safety and efficiency. I've no prior relationship with Smarter Homes (despite Mr Watson claiming otherwise) so I can only assume this was leading…
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Water saving shower heads
Am after a shower head that has decent pressure and feels like still having a good shower, but also saves water (and gas!) any recommendations from people on here for good ones appreciated!
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Solar panels maybe with battery
Hi all, I'm about to move house this week and one of the first things I'm looking to do is get some solar panels fitted. From what I can gather I should have about 20m2 (squared) on a South southwest facing roof. So roughly 10 panels I'd be hoping for. I currently only use around 2500kwh per year. I live in East Sussex.…
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G99 process
Does any one have experience with how long the approval for G99 takes with UK Power networks and what sort of cost is involved, if any? This would be for 6.6KW solar panel and possibly 4.8KW battery install
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Help for a newbie
Advice or user experience please? I am looking at buying 15 solar panels for my roof with inverter and battery storage. I am being told the lux hybrid inverter is one of the best; is this true? Any user experience? Are Uhome batteries ok? Any user experience? Quoted price is circa £9k fitted for the 15 panels, 7.2kw…
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Solar panel quote East Anglia
Finally getting the ball rolling on installing panels. My roof is a bit odd https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6286173/roof-orientation-and-panels I have had one company out and they have suggested 7 x 340W panels, split at 3 and 4 panels, along with inverter. They have quoted me £ 4300. This to me sounds…
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New PV system (dormer windows)
Hi all, I recently moved house and whilst my roof faces more or less directly south, I wanted to ask about anyone's experience with dormer windows, how much is lost because of the shade that they cast over the roof....my last house had 16 panels which were 1.65m x 1m and I'm thinking at best I could get would be maybe 12…
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Octopus Outgoing Agile
Why aren't more people on this export tariff especially considering current wholesale prices? I've written a script to work out potential profit from using the half hourly outgoing rates against my assumed export, and it's already at 78p and we are only half way through the day, on a 4p/kwh SEG that would only be 20p so…
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Solar PV Quotes Northants
I've looked at a few desktop quotes for my install over 3 roofs, one south, one east one west facing. All using SolarEdge with optimizers: Comp1 £11500 for 16 Sunpower 400w panels 6.4kWp (1.796£/W) £14500 for 22 Sunpower 400w panels 8.8kWp (1.647£/W) Comp2 £8800 for 12 Q Cells 385W- 4.62kWp (1.731£/W) £11388 for 12…
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Solar Panel installation basics
Hi, I'm in the very early stages of researching fitting solar panels, so really looking for some pointers. Apologies if wrong forum thread I have a large south facing roof, situated in south of scotland, no trees obscuring roof. As both myself and family are almost always in during day and also work from home, is it really…
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House purchase that has Solar Panels (and a backwards running Electric meter)
I complete the purchase of a house in 2 weeks that has solar panels that are part of the sale.. I spoke to the vendor today he said that sometimes the meter runs backwards and that he has been submitted fake readings as the energy company won't accept readings lower than the month before... Not to me this feels like…
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Green Homes Grant Scheme Help Please - Installer will not be able to complete work
Does anyone have ideas, please? I had a letter from my external wall insulation installer today saying that they would not be able to complete the work by the Scheme's deadline of 31 October. They say that they have done work on a first come first serve basis. However, I have been involved with the installer since…
