Solar Panel System quotes

Boffinboy24

Fair enough! It is probably more about demand than it is about location. The places I tried around me (some close, some further out) had waits of a couple of months, all quoting high prices. I could have shopped around further, but by 4 quotes I was feeling like I’d done some decent checking! At that point I hadn’t discovered this forum though haha

Solarchaser

Yeah I understand,  you have to make the decision that's right for you.

Screwdriva

I live in SE London and have seen my neighbours install this exact kit with great results  (I have now discontinued LG bifacial panels with the exact SE hardware). Can't put a price on the brand and the aftersales support. 

10 x 400w Hyundai panels, 25 year warranty to 86.2% efficiency and a 25 year product warranty

10 x Solar Edge optimizers. 25 Year warranty

  1 x Solar Edge HD Wave single phase inverter[Battery ready inverter] 25 year product warranty

  1 x All cable run’s isolators and fitting’s 

  1 x Micro generation meter

  1 x System monitoring  

  1 x MCS and G98 Certificates 

  1 x Safety access equipment.

 

£5,350.00

arty688

Looks like light renewables , they are coming to do mine in July. They were the best quote I had but I do realise I might have hassle with my certificates. Although they do have a new person in the office starting this week so fingers crossed the admin may improve.

EcoScruples

What sort of lead times are people being quoted for installs? With the huge demand for panels world wide I'm a bit concerned that there simply won't be enough panels to go around.

arty688

I've been quoted mid July but the delay was the Battery not the panels

EcoScruples

arty688 said:

I've been quoted mid July but the delay was the Battery not the panels

What battery was it? I've heard others mention Growatt have had demand issues.

arty688

Its a Solaredge battery, I was told first batch of 600 has been all sold and arrives in July , the next batch is for October and prices has gone up £1k. I was told this after I had signed so no reason for the installer to mislead me. I would guess all batteries will be in short supply and I wouldn't be completely surprised if my battery was diverted to somewhere else who will pay more. Mainland Europe must be snapping up anything they can get their hands on ATM. 

EcoScruples

Interesting, I've just had a call from my installer saying they now have a shipment date for their panels and my install will 've another 6 weeks. So that's 12wks in total.
The have the battery and everything else but I don't think Huawei are that popular in the UK so easier yo get hold of.
Solaredge, givenergy, growatt are all very much in demand.
You'd hope once your installer has secured the battery then their supplier would honour it and not sell it on.

Magnitio

EcoScruples said:

Interesting, I've just had a call from my installer saying they now have a shipment date for their panels and my install will 've another 6 weeks. So that's 12wks in total.
The have the battery and everything else but I don't think Huawei are that popular in the UK so easier yo get hold of.
Solaredge, givenergy, growatt are all very much in demand.
You'd hope once your installer has secured the battery then their supplier would honour it and not sell it on.

Have you asked the supplier if they can source alternative panels e.g. REC, Hyundai etc?