Solar Panel Quotes - Are they more expensive in SE England?

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I have just received 3 quotes for a Solar PV system plus battery plus installation which all seem much higher than some of the quotes I have seen on the forums and wondered if that's just a feature of living in Kent?
Quote 1 - 12 Panel/5kW Inverter/9.5kW Battery. £13,525
Quote 2 - 12 Panel/4kW Inverter/6.5kW Battery. £13,100
Quote 3 - 12 Panel/3.6kW Inverter/5.12kW Battery. £11,250
Interestingly all 3 companies picked different kit specs which maybe a feature of what they have to sell as it's the same house? Warranties seem a bit different too.
I guess demand is increasing as energy prices have gone mad but I just wondered if this is what people are getting quoted now?
Thanks
Quote 1 - 12 Panel/5kW Inverter/9.5kW Battery. £13,525
Quote 2 - 12 Panel/4kW Inverter/6.5kW Battery. £13,100
Quote 3 - 12 Panel/3.6kW Inverter/5.12kW Battery. £11,250
Interestingly all 3 companies picked different kit specs which maybe a feature of what they have to sell as it's the same house? Warranties seem a bit different too.
I guess demand is increasing as energy prices have gone mad but I just wondered if this is what people are getting quoted now?
Thanks
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I can’t get a smart meter. But none of them answered questions about how this might compromise me with honesty. Answers to other “integrity testing” questions” produced more deceptions.
At the end of all this with a load of initial mostly disinterested contacts and a handful of on site quotes, the key issue I have encountered is a sparseness of integrity and honesty with deceptive and misleading answers to straight forward questions I asked as well as quite ridiculous quotes. I also used the local authority initiative (Solar Together) but they want £150 for an extremely vague and high initial quote with unspecified products. I looked today, and nearly 2000 households out of nearly 20,000 participants have accepted the quote and have been accepted - (2000 x £150 ie £300,000 collected to qualify for the next stage …. ) so that sounds warning bells to me as to how many will actually get their system and none of the people will be handing over the (in practice) non-refundable £150 without even knowing what components will actually be used. And the successful company - Home Smart Energy - will need to hugely scale up so who will actually install it all? It is a bit like handing over a non-refundable cash deposit on a car without knowing what make the car will be. My quotes have all been for a 14 panel array with less than 6k and a small battery and all been around 14k’ish. One company has updated the quote 12 times . Solar Together is £14k.
All of this has sapped the energy out of me and I can’t face it any more. I’m on a really good fix until mid-2023 and when my energy returns I’ll try again. But my view is that certainly “down south” it seems like shark infested waters and there is a big opening for a bit of old fashioned honest services at honest prices. I’m paying 18.5p for my leccy and my heating is largely oil and kiln dried logs. I’d stay warmer if I used the £20 notes as fuel rather than proceed with any of my quotes. Just poetic licence you understand.
- 40% of panels in an East/ West rooftop orientation.
- Viessmann 200-W on Advanced Weather Comp. (the most efficient gas boiler sold)
Quote 1 - Perlight Panels, GivEnergy Inverter and Battery
Quote 2- Hyundai Panels, Growatt Inverter and Battery
Quote 3 - Panel not specified, Sunsynk Inverter and Battery
Hope that helps
Dave
- 40% of panels in an East/ West rooftop orientation.
- Viessmann 200-W on Advanced Weather Comp. (the most efficient gas boiler sold)
All of your quotes seem quite expensive to me.
I'd suggest that you seek out solar only quotes as the variability of battery prices and technologies mean that they arnt necessarily directly comparable, but all seem to be very expensive just now.
Up in Edinburgh, a friend of mine had a solar only install for slightly less than £1/watt.
I'd say if you can get £1.2/watt that would be a decent deal.
So 12 x400w panels would be 4.8kw and so if you could get that for say £5600-£6000 that would be a decent deal.
4kw sse since 2014 and 6.6kw wsw / ene split since 2019
24kwh leaf, 75Kwh Tesla and Lux 3600 with 20Kwh useable storage
Looks like all the panel only offers are coming in around £2/watt here
Dave
That's terrible
4kw sse since 2014 and 6.6kw wsw / ene split since 2019
24kwh leaf, 75Kwh Tesla and Lux 3600 with 20Kwh useable storage