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Is solar battery storage worth it?

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  • Heedtheadvice
    Heedtheadvice Posts: 3,053 Forumite
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    Very broad question,

    So very general answer,

    Yes.

    Depends a bit on what you mean by "worth it" and as with life lost of caveats and imponderables such as inflation and cost of not installing renewable and buying a poor badly installed system....so a few basic thoughts

    Green renewables for many a year, so worth it.

    Can reduce ongoing energy costs, so worth it

    Can make energy costs zero or negative so then well worth it

    Interesting approach to being a hobby, so can be worth it

    One can overpay over or under install, so not so much worth it

    Financially you can do other things with your cash that can be more beneficial such as risky investments.

    Ties up your capital for many a year so might not be worth it

    Borrow to finance the install costs, hmm not really so great.

  • Screwdriva
    Screwdriva Posts: 1,769 Forumite
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    That price is too high for bargain basement Longi panels. Also worth mentioning, given this sub forum is ethical in nature, that Longi as a brand is extremely unethical.

    Installers offer better performing Eurener 515W bifacial panels (made in the EU) paired to the Tesla PW3 for under £13K (19 panels). This includes bird netting, 10 year workmanship warranty and G99 etc.

    -  10 x 400w LG Bifacial + 6 x 550W SHARP BiFacial + 2 570W SHARP Bifacial + 5kW SolarEdge Inverter + SolarEdge Optimizers. SE London.

    -  Triple aspect. (33% ENE.33% SSE. 34% WSW)

    -  Viessmann 200-W on Advanced Weather Comp. (The most efficient gas boiler sold)

    Feel free to DM me for help with any form of energy saving! Happy to help! 
  • RocketRonnieRadox
    RocketRonnieRadox Posts: 92 Forumite
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    Thanks for the comment, I have had a quotation for 19 panels and PW3 that was more like £15.6k so I would be grateful if you could let me know who does that for £13k ?

  • Screwdriva
    Screwdriva Posts: 1,769 Forumite
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    Sorry to hear this. That's a bit too much gravy on top for the installer if you get my drift. Feel free to DM me and I'll do what I can to help.

    -  10 x 400w LG Bifacial + 6 x 550W SHARP BiFacial + 2 570W SHARP Bifacial + 5kW SolarEdge Inverter + SolarEdge Optimizers. SE London.

    -  Triple aspect. (33% ENE.33% SSE. 34% WSW)

    -  Viessmann 200-W on Advanced Weather Comp. (The most efficient gas boiler sold)

    Feel free to DM me for help with any form of energy saving! Happy to help! 
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