Solar Installation Costs - Advice Please

BBL70

Hi - I'm hoping someone can comment regarding solar installation costs, based on the following:

I've been quoted £20k for 19 panels (Jinko - 7kW system) + 9.5kW GivEnergy battery, the other quote I received was £30k for a similar system and so appeared to be reasonable. However...

• Looking at the Midsummer site the cost of the components is £14k approx and so £6k installation 
• EOn recently contacted me and quoted £15k for a similar installation (however have not confirmed the battery yet)

I appreciate the world and his dog is trying to get solar quotes and installation at the moment and so this is likely to be pushing up prices and so there is a trade off between price and installation speed (the £20k company estimate installation by November, EOn estimate at least 6 months).

But - is £20k reasonable as clearly as the price falls the payback calculation also becomes much more atrractive.

ABrass

That's awful. Look at other threads recently posted.

Magnitio

BBL70 said:

Hi - I'm hoping someone can comment regarding solar installation costs, based on the following:

I've been quoted £20k for 19 panels (Jinko - 7kW system) + 9.5kW GivEnergy battery, the other quote I received was £30k for a similar system and so appeared to be reasonable. However...

• Looking at the Midsummer site the cost of the components is £14k approx and so £6k installation 
• EOn recently contacted me and quoted £15k for a similar installation (however have not confirmed the battery yet)

I appreciate the world and his dog is trying to get solar quotes and installation at the moment and so this is likely to be pushing up prices and so there is a trade off between price and installation speed (the £20k company estimate installation by November, EOn estimate at least 6 months).

But - is £20k reasonable as clearly as the price falls the payback calculation also becomes much more atrractive.

That is nearly twice what I paid for a similarly sized installation in February (£11k for 6.4kWp + 10kWh battery). I know prices have gone up quite a bit, but that seems excessive. Where are you based?

Martyn1981

I think you are being very generous with that £14k figure, it seems too high. Are you adding VAT?

Screwdriva

BBL70 said:

Hi - I'm hoping someone can comment regarding solar installation costs, based on the following:

I've been quoted £20k for 19 panels (Jinko - 7kW system) + 9.5kW GivEnergy battery, the other quote I received was £30k for a similar system and so appeared to be reasonable. However...

• Looking at the Midsummer site the cost of the components is £14k approx and so £6k installation 
• EOn recently contacted me and quoted £15k for a similar installation (however have not confirmed the battery yet)

I appreciate the world and his dog is trying to get solar quotes and installation at the moment and so this is likely to be pushing up prices and so there is a trade off between price and installation speed (the £20k company estimate installation by November, EOn estimate at least 6 months).

But - is £20k reasonable as clearly as the price falls the payback calculation also becomes much more atrractive.

The quoted price is ridiculously high for a budget brand of panel (Jinko = Chinese).  I would avoid. I would also not rush things - you are not going to generate much till next March.

Where are you located? Are you convinced you require a battery?

BBL70

Thanks for the replies - really appreciated. I'm in Surrey and so hoping for a reasonable level of herniation once the sun shines again!

BBL70

Martyn1981 said:

I think you are being very generous with that £14k figure, it seems too high. Are you adding VAT?

Yes - that's Inc VAT. I spoke to Midsummer today and if I understand correctly there is VAT payable on the components, but 0% on the cost of installation.

BBL70

BBL70 said:

Thanks for the replies - really appreciated. I'm in Surrey and so hoping for a reasonable level of herniation once the sun shines again!

*Generation

SevenOfNine

10 Perlight 400 watt panels
GivEnergy 3.6kw inverter
GivEnergy 5.2kwh battery
A whole load of other stuff, costs itemised.

Ordered around March, fitted recently.£10,000 no VAT, local company in Milton Keynes.  Pigeon protection was on top, & daylight robbery!  If I'd known it was 'outsourced' I'd have employed that company direct myself!

A neighbour used a different company a few months before us, paid about £1k less, can't comment on the details (?), but they have really ugly cables (trunking covered) running about 12 feet along 2 walls INSIDE his house. (I think it was 'Screwdriva who used the phrase 'the least line of resistance' when mentioning fitting habits of some installers).

BBL70

SevenOfNine said:

10 Perlight 400 watt panels
GivEnergy 3.6kw inverter
GivEnergy 5.2kwh battery
A whole load of other stuff, costs itemised.

Ordered around March, fitted recently.£10,000 no VAT, local company in Milton Keynes.  Pigeon protection was on top, & daylight robbery!  If I'd known it was 'outsourced' I'd have employed that company direct myself!

A neighbour used a different company a few months before us, paid about £1k less, can't comment on the details (?), but they have really ugly cables (trunking covered) running about 12 feet along 2 walls INSIDE his house. (I think it was 'Screwdriva who used the phrase 'the least line of resistance' when mentioning fitting habits of some installers).

Thanks - that's a huge difference in price, given I would need 9 more panels and they are relatively cheap per unit.

QrizB

BBL70 said:

Martyn1981 said:

I think you are being very generous with that £14k figure, it seems too high. Are you adding VAT?

Yes - that's Inc VAT. I spoke to Midsummer today and if I understand correctly there is VAT payable on the components, but 0% on the cost of installation.

There's 0% VAT on the entirety of a certified installation, both parts & labour.

So your £14k inc VAT of parts will only cost you £11700 as part of your installation. The installer is taking £8300 for everything else, not £6000.