It only takes a couple of weeks and you become an expert in all things solar. We've got a great quote for Panasonic Hybrid panels which are a bit smaller than standard ones so should fit really easily on our roof. The invertor will go in the attic. We've had a new meter fitted already which is a backstop meter apparently so we prepd for that. Next we need an EPC doing which is where someone comes and tells you how efficient your house is we have double glazing throughout, cavity wall insulation, roof insulation, low power lights so it should be a formality all being well.
Feed in tarriff is what you get paid for generating your own leccy - you get 14.9p for every killowatt hour you produce you also get an extra 5p for half the kilowatt hours you produce which is what the power company estimates you feed into the grid. This is the first interesting thing - it's not metered so ideally you want to use every bit you can generate.
In winter there won't be much but come summer it will be time to make hay!
Saturday 14th December 2013
Have sent cheque off for deposit. The system we will have installed is a 16 panel 3.84KW panasonic Hybrid panel which will go on the ESE roof - which isn't ideal but I can't see the missus letting me rotate the house to suit. It'll be about 12% less efficient that facing due south but we are where we are.
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