free solar electricity

leicesterlee3

could anyone help?
i was looking for infomation on solar electricity and came accross a site bookasurvey who have two options a pay for the system and claim all the benifits or a free scheme where the instalion company fit the panels for free and i get the free electricity and the company gets the benifts does anyone know which is best??
They also offer a free solar survey does anyone know if this is realy free

thanks any help welcome

anuvvasaver

Hi leicesterlee3,
Don't be surprised if the survey is done remotely using google and they come back to you stating that as your house is more than x degrees out of true south that you don't qualify for the free install but you can still have the same agreement if you pay an up front amount (between £100 and £500)..beware of scammers in this case.
I had this with a number of companies (including SSE who are my current supplier,and who you would have thought would have a vested interest in installing for free, as they stand to lose quite a bit when I do get a pv system in.)
A couple of companies said my house was 6 degrees out using this survey method when OS (and my house deeds) shows clearly that it is only 1.5 degrees !!

HalloweenJack

you dont actually need `true south` for solar PV either , its just that true south is the otimum - ese to wsw works (just not as much money earnt)

anuvvasaver

Yes, I know. Just wondering how many systems have actually been installed completely free.

HalloweenJack

the 25 year ` rent a roof` scheme , looking at the numbers , actual savings appear to be on or around £100 a year on the electric bill , with the rest being resold as ` FIT` payments (to the company who own the system) - so you get £100 of free electric and they get the rest of the money ; which is how it works.

when you buy the system yourself , at a cost of in excess of £15000 , you gain both the free electric and the fit payemnts- and i believe the time to break even is around 10 years?

there are alot of threads in the green forum regarding solar PV

Ron2

And everybody else pays £200 a year extra on their bills to pay for it.

Farway

Ron2 wrote: »

And everybody else pays £200 a year extra on their bills to pay for it.

And your point is?

Why not get it installed yourself?

I do not have it, & have no connection, but I pay for many things via taxes & bills that I do not use,such as baby changing facilities in supermarkets or even schools & universities, it is life

Ron2

And your point is?

This was suppost to save us all money, like any of this green tariff rubbish it just costs us money so that someone can get on their high horse and say "I am saving the planet."

One big con.

Why not get it installed yourself?

No thanks, I don't want my roof looking ugly. Anyway it faces east and in shadow from other houses.

Not everyone has a suitable roof.

anuvvasaver

Whilst I'd love to pass comment about a bitter Scotsman, aren't we rather getting away from the point of the question ?

anuvvasaver

ps. Have just signed up to Homesun's Solarshare scheme. Hopefully it will be up and running inside a month so I'll let you all know in due course how it goes.