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[quote][i]Originally posted by Jules S[/i] [quote][i]Originally posted by drunkenfool[/i] [quote][i]Originally posted by Jules S[/i] I wouldn't do it tbh. The gov funded schemes get sucked up very quickly by schools etc and I'll wager they will all of disappeared now. I'm also not sure how easy it is to feed back into the grid. You might want to look into that a hell of a lot more before seeing a salesman :thumbs: [/quote] I've done a lot of research about the technology and I understand that PV solar generation isn't all that efficient and that there are better ways to reduce the energy bill, but it's the new feed in tarrif scheme by the government that has made it interesting - more of an investment than anything else. They will pay about 43p for every kwh generated, if you use it or not, and what you don't use can be sold back to the grid for about 3p for kwh. The money back from the government in comparison to the outlay of the panels will give about 10% tax-free interest on your investment which is much better than an ISA, plus you get to help the planet a bit too! [/quote] I'm not sure the government have a say in feedback/payback matters. The last job I did that had proposed renewable electric was scuppered by the shippers. I can't recall the £ offered on a kwh back then, but the hardware to actually put any electric back into the grid (and the actual time of day it was delivered - offpeak) didn't see a payback in 60 years...hence we dumped the idea. As for 43p for every kwh generated, I doubt that will come to fruition esp if you don't use it. How the hell would anybody be able to genuinely measure that? Personally I would wait 5 years or so. I read a paper a few months back (a document - not the Sun) that predicited PV's cost will drop to less than aluminium foil and be completely translucent so you could fit them like film to south facing windows. I quite like that idea, slight shading and power generated ;) [/quote]
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