Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

Oscargrouch

Does anyone know: If you sell your house, and the buyer does not want to pay the asking price for the Solar Installation; can you re-locate it and keep your FIT's registeration in your new location and at your existing tariff? Sounds like one for Eric. :rotfl:

sly_dog_jonah

Oscargrouch wrote: »

Does anyone know: If you sell your house, and the buyer does not want to pay the asking price for the Solar Installation; can you re-locate it and keep your FIT's registeration in your new location and at your existing tariff? Sounds like one for Eric. :rotfl:

Nope. Moving the installation would require a new FiT application for whatever tariff (if any) is available at that time.

If the person(s) offering to buy your property (including the fittings up top) don't appreciate the value of your PV, don't sell to them.

It remains to be seen whether Estate Agents will buck up their ideas and understand the long-term value of PV & other renewables. Having statistics available to the agent (and buyers) about your net cost of utilities each year would probably help. Our elec/gas/water bills are completely offset by PV, with some left over.

Getting back on topic: 10.8kWh in cider country despite cloud cover most of the day.

Oscargrouch

sly_dog_jonah wrote: »

Nope. Moving the installation would require a new FiT application for whatever tariff (if any) is available at that time.

If the person(s) offering to buy your property (including the fittings up top) don't appreciate the value of your PV, don't sell to them.

It remains to be seen whether Estate Agents will buck up their ideas and understand the long-term value of PV & other renewables. Having statistics available to the agent (and buyers) about your net cost of utilities each year would probably help. Our elec/gas/water bills are completely offset by PV, with some left over.

Getting back on topic: 10.8kWh in cider country despite cloud cover most of the day.

Thanks for that, I apologise for being off topic & causing you to be.:rotfl: However, this will obviously come up in the future.

sly_dog_jonah

Oscargrouch wrote: »

Thanks for that, I apologise for being off topic & causing you to be.:rotfl: However, this will obviously come up in the future.

No problem :beer: Maybe one for Martyn1981's FAQ thread to pre-empt further questions? Perhaps with a warning to think twice about investing in PV unless you see yourself staying put in your house for a significant period, given the fairly significant payback periods.

Martyn1981

sly_dog_jonah wrote: »

No problem :beer: Maybe one for Martyn1981's FAQ thread to pre-empt further questions? Perhaps with a warning to think twice about investing in PV unless you see yourself staying put in your house for a significant period, given the fairly significant payback periods.

Good point, I'll put something together. I'll check first but I'm not sure about relocating the kit either, as I think FITs requires new (not secondhand), but I might be making that bit up.

Lots of rules and regs, though this one may prevent our pretty panels having much re-sale value if nicked. Making it difficult to fence a roof (boom boom).

Mart.

legoman62

This is also approximately my 11 month 'anniversary' 3073 kWh so far and (maybe ???) a really good month to complete the first year.

I like the idea of the "anniversary" figures. Gives everyone details to compare to where you are at with kWh produced/system size. I have just passed 8 months and have produced 2310kWh. My installer estimated I would produce 3206 kWh in the 1st year and, although I decided to have Sanyo panels instead of the Sharp ones (slightly dearer and supposedly more efficient) I am very happy. I am hoping to hit 3500kwh in the 1st full year.

sly_dog_jonah

legoman62 wrote: »

I like the idea of the "anniversary" figures. Gives everyone details to compare to where you are at with kWh produced/system size. I have just passed 8 months and have produced 2310kWh. My installer estimated I would produce 3206 kWh in the 1st year and, although I decided to have Sanyo panels instead of the Sharp ones (slightly dearer and supposedly more efficient) I am very happy. I am hoping to hit 3500kwh in the 1st full year.

Any installer estimate will be based on the SAP method (which discounts regional variations across the UK, its based on Sheffield statistics), rather than PVGIS, which is generally accepted as being more accurate for your location. The FAQ thread has full details how to get a PVGIS estimate.

shafeeq

Hi

Not to bad today, 12kwh, at 12pm it was 2.6kwh. So not bad afternoon with Sunshine and clouds....

Shafeeq

EricMears

Dreadful morning, heavy rain shower around noon but afternoon was mostly sunny.

14.01kWh for the day (very close to pvgis's idea of an average July day).

legoman62

Must have had more sun than most today(east coast)
21.45kWh:D
Same again tomorrow would be nice!