Solar panels - are they still worth it? New MSE guide

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Surely you would only end up with a negative electric bill if you didn't use enough electric? If that was happening with me I would turn off a radiator in a room or two and heat them with an oil filled or buy an eletric car.

What do you mean by net metering? At the end of the FiT in 20 years they check the meter?

I thought in Spain you had to PAY 5c for every kwh generated?

Not sure meter running backwards still happens, there were lots of reports of it 5 years ago, must have fixed it now.

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Sirlaughalot wrote: »

The best price for my self managed bespoke installation is £5100 + Vat (12 x 320 KW BenQ panels) as opposed to a retail best price of £6999 + Vat.

Is that VAT at 5%? If so that's a very good price! Did you manage to get them in the end? The BenQ or Sunpower highwer-wattage panels usually command a premium. On Ebay there is an installer selling a 12x 327W Sunpower system for £6449 installed.

This is the sort of thing I'd be interested in as I think it would be the only way to fit a full 4kW onto our roof which has a south-facing face of 4 x 7m.