RE: Solar PV ?

[Peter + Jane <pandj.munnoch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don't forget Germany started FITs in 1995.
Market is now mature which is why German and=20
Dutch investors are backing wind farms and solar=20
farms in Isle of Wight and Cornwall.
UK is still kick starting the market.

UK was 18th country to offer FITs. Right after Mongolia ;-)
P

At 12:32 14/05/2011, you wrote:
>Hi Peer,
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>Yes the UK Fits scheme does seem like a very big=20
>bribe to get people to put up solar panels.
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>43p for every KWh we produce regardless of if we use it or not
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>3p for every Kwh we export back to the grid
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>All prices are index linked to inflation and so=20
>those figures increase year on year for the next 25years
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>So for every Kwh produced you earn a minimum of=20
>43p + 3p =3D 46p if exported, and even more if you=20
>use it yourself since its 43p plus the saving on=20
>not having to buy the KWh from the grid (12p)
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>Also this price is going to drop year on year=20
>for new installs after April 2012, although the=20
>price is fixed at that years rate once you actually install.
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>The snag with plastering your rood with as many=20
>panels as possible is 1) you cant self fit the=20
>panels, they have to be fitted by an "approved"=20
>contractor so the costs go up, and 2) the 43p is=20
>only up to 4KWh (and on retrofit, new builds are=20
>slightly less). If you install more than 4KWh=20
>then the price drops to around 38p per KWh (for=20
>the whole array!). For arrays greater than 10KWh the price drops again.
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>As to panel prices I suspect your correct, I=20
>know a couple of the quotes I've had, mentioned=20
>that the panels are bought direct from Germany !
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>Regards
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>
>Marcus
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>________________________________
>From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx=20
>[ukha_d@xxxxxxx] on behalf of Peer=20
>Oliver Schmidt [posde@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: 14 May 2011 10:38
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Solar PV ?
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>
>Hello Marcus,
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> > Thanks for the link :)
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>You are welcome. I found it by chance, and it helped me and some other
>people a lot.
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> >
> > Just puched in the figures and they are coming out
> > pretty much as my estimates suggested. So the link
> > is confirming my thinking rather than changing it :
>
>Great. It is always good to get the confirmation.
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> > I'm assuming your comments about "changing my mind"
> > are based on the size of the array rather than solar PV itself?
>
>It was about PV itself. Some people are coming into it with wrong
>estimates, but..
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> > 3.99Kw =3D yearly total 2430KWh =3D 2430x0.43 =3D =A31044.9 a
year
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>... this figure is quite interesting. In Germany we are only getting
>around 23-24 EURct per kWh for sending the energy into the grid, and
>8ct, if we use it ourselves. I'd say, UK be happy for what YOU are
>getting :) With that amount it makes sense to plaster the roof with how
>ever many panels you can get. I wonder if prices for PV panels in the
UK
>are much more than for the PV panels in Germland.
>--
>Best regards
>
>Peer Oliver Schmidt
>PGP Key ID: 0x83E1C2EA
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