Solar panels worth it?

mgfvvc

k_man said:

mgfvvc said:

and buying a share in a solar farm co-op may give you a better return and it goes with you when you move.

Or even a wind farm

Corrected. Thank you.

Benny2020

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/10W_x7fUwD0

Ultrasonic

Sterlingtimes said:

mgfvvc said:

and buying a share in a solar farm co-op may give you a better return and it goes with you when you move.

Environmentalists near my home are opposed to the construction of a solar farm at Honiley. 

It would be more informative if you could share why?

Spies

Ultrasonic said:

Sterlingtimes said:

mgfvvc said:

and buying a share in a solar farm co-op may give you a better return and it goes with you when you move.

Environmentalists near my home are opposed to the construction of a solar farm at Honiley. 

It would be more informative if you could share why?

Bunch of NIMBY's basically. 

Benny2020

They are in favour of solar panels but not not if they can see them and complaining that the power will go into the grid and not to their homes?, Its only a dozen people so unlikely to stop the project.

43722

How is it that i see very few solar panel installations as I walk around in the Midlands?

Benny2020

Angle your head up at a slight angle to view the roofs.

43722

It's Just that i am contemplating an installation, but even the advertised savings seem to be miserly, and then i see very few installations, even though i pass through populated areas. I Wonder if i would be better off putting my money elsewhere.

Benny2020

The savings are greater if you change how and when you use the generated energy.
You can divert excess to hot water and do energy intensive stuff when the panels are generating significant power.

Section62

Spies said:

Ultrasonic said:

Sterlingtimes said:

mgfvvc said:

and buying a share in a solar farm co-op may give you a better return and it goes with you when you move.

Environmentalists near my home are opposed to the construction of a solar farm at Honiley. 

It would be more informative if you could share why?

Bunch of NIMBY's basically. 

Given the situation with Ukraine/Russia and the impact that will have on food supplies (particularly seed oils) the subject of conversion of 280 acres of good farmland into a solar farm should engage a much wider thought process, well beyond any alleged NIMBYism. (along with all the other farmland being lost nationally to energy production and housing)