tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18512027767134761502024-02-29T21:39:12.942-08:00Kent Solar Panels - UK Solar PV Panel Reviews & FeedbackA blog all about the 3kWp PV Solar panels installed in Nov 2011 in Kent UK by Solar Advanced Systems. Follow the ongoing performance and how much solar power we generate over the next few months as well as the problems and solutions we encounter along the way such as solar panels electric meter going backwards.
We are registered with British Gas for our FIT payments and our roof is SSW facing. We have 14 x Sungrid 215W solar panels and Sunny Boy 3000HF inverter.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger173125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-35273904079155219562024-01-17T01:14:00.000-08:002024-01-17T01:14:57.437-08:00New Solar Feed in Tariff FIT Rates for April 2024 Onwards<p>UK Feed in Tariff rates (FIT) are based on the RPI inflation rate for December which is released in January. </p><p>The <span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">RPI rate for December 2023 has just been released at 5.2% so by my calculations it gives a new FIT rate as below:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">Generation rate was 68.3p so now 71.85p per kWh generated</span></p><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">Export rate was 4.82p so now 5.07p </span><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">per kWh exported</span><div><span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;">One of the only benefits of high inflation has been the increase in FIT payments over the last few years!<br /></span></span><div><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oP50TkRK5etfrzRwLqLAu2RSx-F5Dluxct4GFgZIiwctbtT9KmN1bJyL2uomMcJUuqntWnjb87JXzX7OILADiuAkqlVfKAeB_OyzqmzaHVoyqUr2qkcuDXBJcPq1zuM7JZdSdyOR-G1nwonPR0knH0c4tZDj0xp_W_IY0dfC6cZTcNMaKGnqOcPUdyuf/s1500/IMG_9295.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="New Solar Feed in Tariff FIT Rates for April 2024 Onwards" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oP50TkRK5etfrzRwLqLAu2RSx-F5Dluxct4GFgZIiwctbtT9KmN1bJyL2uomMcJUuqntWnjb87JXzX7OILADiuAkqlVfKAeB_OyzqmzaHVoyqUr2qkcuDXBJcPq1zuM7JZdSdyOR-G1nwonPR0knH0c4tZDj0xp_W_IY0dfC6cZTcNMaKGnqOcPUdyuf/w640-h426/IMG_9295.JPG" title="New Solar Feed in Tariff FIT Rates for April 2024 Onwards" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Solar Feed in Tariff FIT Rates for April 2024 Onwards</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-60762172568067040022023-03-28T13:53:00.001-07:002023-03-28T13:53:11.786-07:00SMA Sunny Boy Inverter Dead - Replacement Needed!<p> I realised this week that my Sunny Boy inverter had stopped working, rather remiss of me that it took a few days before I found out but at least I know now.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucrsraUt8oN5KFta9xS4YXAxjEmQteWEhUpFlwl2NVWJJiKrPXMhyU35qPW2fTSmxv1EPsaDb9JsS6ffrJX6h7xtX4XyJL_tISOS16DcGup4kzJJGMXWZVX4jI1p73pmaTrJyNfTj-xhYf2UWh-gKhMwMxqCBY5mmkOxOHPS_O6DqojvJLosX-WgFTQ/s640/inverterphoto.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="SMA Sunny Boy Inverter Dead - Replacement Needed!" border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucrsraUt8oN5KFta9xS4YXAxjEmQteWEhUpFlwl2NVWJJiKrPXMhyU35qPW2fTSmxv1EPsaDb9JsS6ffrJX6h7xtX4XyJL_tISOS16DcGup4kzJJGMXWZVX4jI1p73pmaTrJyNfTj-xhYf2UWh-gKhMwMxqCBY5mmkOxOHPS_O6DqojvJLosX-WgFTQ/w480-h640/inverterphoto.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SMA Sunny Boy Inverter Dead - Replacement Needed!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I've tried a few reboots and it looks like it is something that isn't fixable so new inverter is on order. With the better weather (hopefully) coming I can't really afford to have the system off for any significant length of time as every lost kWh costs me 72p now and with 20kWh days that starts to mount up.</p><p>One benefit is the onwards move in technology in the 12 years since our system was installed so the new inverter will have much better data capability than the Sunny Boy which used quite clunky Sunny Explorer software and had to be connected via Bluetooth to access it.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-51507392149776056582023-01-18T08:23:00.001-08:002023-01-18T08:23:05.705-08:00New FIT Rate Feed In Tariff April 2023<p> The Feed in Tariff for April 2023 onwards is based on the RPI figure for December 2022 which was announced today as 13.4%. This means that the FIT rate for early adopters pre-2012 is increasing from 60.23p per kWh generated solar power to 68.30p per kWh. This is about the only advantage of high inflation rates!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-91254565934711835892022-04-03T03:40:00.003-07:002022-04-03T03:40:33.503-07:00Solar Panel 10 Year Review - Green Electricity Generation<p>Having now had our solar panels for over 10 years it seemed an appropriate time to do a review of how they've performed in that time. We've had over 32,000 kWh of electricity generated as well as all the Feed in Tariff income.</p><p><a href=" https://youtu.be/e36FnLhY0Ro">You can see the video here</a></p><p>Our panels on top roof</p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href=" https://youtu.be/e36FnLhY0Ro" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Solar Panel 10 Year Review - Green Electricity Generation" border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7jcxHSNJ768DTe7EHwe1_Ku6D1roVWzq3ZauIbp8TlKOspF2H_K64eaudrDNoTNxGVwcm1-Fvlss_i9jHb7A3xmMRZeRm-YlnqRvOllQPixwUMJZsVxuO5Pkx8aKCCFAwMZMMtxdrT7Zar_cuRd2-c5_1zvEXyyMnNdYFqEErcopfLCysvhwxf6Rrg/w640-h426/IMG_4249.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Solar Panel 10 Year Review - Green Electricity Generation</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The shading from trees in early afternoon in winter<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9uS_7zcntmtxSkErclCbELA1F4Dzx8nRrLpt3o5Ub5iXItxnVZgJNid7LZaOr47hrHKpeEz8OT7FvzrXtAnB4VUoCAr3ZdwA-62f8CCCgLQJqd7xYs7f0y8tNm6VtUShNPSatvLHrQXK7Rq5gCwj1uNHwJH-ymfsB_K6eiKhhOZDuzS2fTLO6NzqpA/s1800/IMG_4247.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9uS_7zcntmtxSkErclCbELA1F4Dzx8nRrLpt3o5Ub5iXItxnVZgJNid7LZaOr47hrHKpeEz8OT7FvzrXtAnB4VUoCAr3ZdwA-62f8CCCgLQJqd7xYs7f0y8tNm6VtUShNPSatvLHrQXK7Rq5gCwj1uNHwJH-ymfsB_K6eiKhhOZDuzS2fTLO6NzqpA/w640-h426/IMG_4247.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-4598698853360099072022-02-13T04:50:00.003-08:002022-02-13T04:50:35.324-08:00Worst Ever December Best January!<p> The worst ever December generation for Dec 2021 has been followed by our best ever January which shows how the solar electricity generated can even out over the year with very poor months compensated by much better months afterwards. 2021 was still overall our worst month for solar but not as bad as it could have been. <a href="http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/solar-power-month-by-month/12-monthly-data/12-monthly-uk-solar-panel-electricity-output-for-december">December along was around 50% of the average</a> we've generated over the last 10 years and that was despite no snow - or possibly because we had no snow. The month was cloudy, wet and dull for most of the days so it made a very low out output month.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAaOrVA6oMeJ18XrshCOp7JxxdS8fnxAOdZ3yxEtz9tMtVfAHA1GI_dFGc2JLMBnqNOKr-p4SywCOsj2mh5ly8fj7sQYnUXlDLEzJA09ldPMfVOP0ArxdIJf8TLeGgKMK43-btXzs7TkU1ZElAo0f2OYZ412Ki2uhDsr4H2TbULvMHW6DBXGD8vkjdUQ=s1200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAaOrVA6oMeJ18XrshCOp7JxxdS8fnxAOdZ3yxEtz9tMtVfAHA1GI_dFGc2JLMBnqNOKr-p4SywCOsj2mh5ly8fj7sQYnUXlDLEzJA09ldPMfVOP0ArxdIJf8TLeGgKMK43-btXzs7TkU1ZElAo0f2OYZ412Ki2uhDsr4H2TbULvMHW6DBXGD8vkjdUQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The highest day of generation was just over 7kWh which was also our lowest maximum for a December day in the last 10 years.</p><p>Luckily January more than compensated with 136kWh of power generated, some 30% above the average for the month.</p><p><a href="http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/solar-power-month-by-month/12-monthly-data/14-monthly-uk-solar-panel-electricity-output-for-january">http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/solar-power-month-by-month/12-monthly-data/14-monthly-uk-solar-panel-electricity-output-for-january</a></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-73777881632284094702022-01-19T09:20:00.008-08:002022-01-19T09:20:55.946-08:00FIT Rate April 2022 Solar Feed in Tariff Payments<p> The RPI rate for December 2021 has been announced today as 7.5% so this is the amount that Feed In Tariff rates will increase from April 2022.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsyvAgpkcPSG_JoWh5HqvBjgH7EKH-TOvJdJJeqjFddadhAIfZjRtXOEtKufLPky9Viz2TJcM9-D6o_JYuQiBt8EhEa2zwKM09N7pNUrmVAv9CyKDLbp1dFcjUpmuo75bxpJHIlfEC4yoYyga3Q5ZPTDGIsOyCG5LxSeDzK6cTtQfjG4hAFm0rfaZLQQ=s1200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsyvAgpkcPSG_JoWh5HqvBjgH7EKH-TOvJdJJeqjFddadhAIfZjRtXOEtKufLPky9Viz2TJcM9-D6o_JYuQiBt8EhEa2zwKM09N7pNUrmVAv9CyKDLbp1dFcjUpmuo75bxpJHIlfEC4yoYyga3Q5ZPTDGIsOyCG5LxSeDzK6cTtQfjG4hAFm0rfaZLQQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The current generation rate for pre 2012 installations of 56.03p will increase to 60.23p and the export rate of 3.95p will increase to 4.25p.</p><p>My latest FIT payment of £227 would have increased to £244 so it's a nice increase at a time when other fuel prices are going through the roof.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhROvmSLBWM6qzSTIa4jPqfFPEESWrbYDXxCQVH98zaO6IvgIhAs-pi6mDU2xqGwKBml_Y441kXIYId2qomLjkioRZkvlKRdD_bj-IXajJ92xFqxMmmgoQnA28clE2mqqRM0Juq12ZTwerP5wojUrfgem-0zclZ65oqFrqzXinNJoQDiKlUNRqKdp-Vpg=s1183" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="FIT Rate April 2022 Solar Feed in Tariff Payments" border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="1183" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhROvmSLBWM6qzSTIa4jPqfFPEESWrbYDXxCQVH98zaO6IvgIhAs-pi6mDU2xqGwKBml_Y441kXIYId2qomLjkioRZkvlKRdD_bj-IXajJ92xFqxMmmgoQnA28clE2mqqRM0Juq12ZTwerP5wojUrfgem-0zclZ65oqFrqzXinNJoQDiKlUNRqKdp-Vpg=w640-h188" title="FIT Rate April 2022 Solar Feed in Tariff Payments" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FIT Rate April 2022 Solar Feed in Tariff Payments</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>You can see in the table above how much the rates have increased since 2012 when the generation rate was only 45.4p. <br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-64330323885226376432021-11-19T00:43:00.001-08:002021-11-25T03:11:14.892-08:0010 Years of Solar Panels - How Much Electricity Generated & Money Made?<p> It's exactly 10 years since our solar panels were commissioned on 19th November 2011</p><p>We've now generated 32528 kWh of electricity in that time so an average of 3250 kWh per year.</p><p>Our panels paid for themselves in 5 years and we still have another 15 years of Feed in Tariff payments to come, all of which are index linked. The current payment is 58p per kWh generated which looks like it might increase by 6% in April 2022.</p><p>The total FIT payments received so far is £16869.12 which includes the export payments as well. We have also had electricity costing approximately £4500 to use as well. The system cost £9000 so taking into account the electricity that we've saved it's been a very good investment.</p><p>Have you got a solar PV system installed? How do you find your generation in comparison? Is our production exceptional or similar? Please give your feedback in the comments below</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJJWREdVaOroCO2HH1lxFbX5U2zsw2CGHoltt-QizwmrWU8dOOkvL62nt8MS-vbMKzT5ZLcxW8_UJxrshAureSSa-go4XLblnESWJCOy3zytZuP2vscs24LwT9vbww1YY-wumD3tsXNB1/s1500/IMG_9295.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="10 Years of Solar Panels - How Much Electricity Generated & Money Made?" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJJWREdVaOroCO2HH1lxFbX5U2zsw2CGHoltt-QizwmrWU8dOOkvL62nt8MS-vbMKzT5ZLcxW8_UJxrshAureSSa-go4XLblnESWJCOy3zytZuP2vscs24LwT9vbww1YY-wumD3tsXNB1/w640-h426/IMG_9295.JPG" title="10 Years of Solar Panels - How Much Electricity Generated & Money Made?" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">10 Years of Solar Panels - How Much Electricity Generated & Money Made?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-30097911441799259942021-11-17T00:42:00.002-08:002021-11-17T00:42:10.609-08:00Good Inflation News for Solar! RPI Jumps in October<p> The news today is all about the high levels of inflation in the UK, the core CPI rate has risen to 4.2% for October 2021 as a result of price increases for used cars, gas/electricity and petrol amongst other things. It might be bad news for consumers but if you have solar panels with the Feed in Tariff it could be good news as your FIT rate will increase by a higher amount.</p><p>The CPI rate isn't the one used for calculating the FIT prices, it's actually determined using the RPI (Retail Prices Index) which is no longer consider an official statistic any more so is a bit harder to find. However if you search the ONS website you'll see that RPI for October was a staggering <span style="font-size: xx-large;">6%.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: xx-large;">If this stays the same it means that the FIT rate will increase from 56.03p per kWh to 59.39p per kWh in April. </span></p><p>If RPI increases further as is expected then we may breach the 60p FIT level. That'll help to offset the massive rise in gas and electricity prices we're paying!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvStQEW4rhwdrgKvv-SeKIjBGZ9e3pDfY4w2x8QqlfX8T2KAvnF9vcADIGAGi-hLYnnUEBMTa3LahysS-vooEZg1MC5cxjR_2tVsfBbFhExqghuO77TkPSnkdBZ7flWf9AQVQ_CH2aRBAp/s1200/IMG_0842-lo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Good Inflation News for Solar! RPI Jumps in October" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvStQEW4rhwdrgKvv-SeKIjBGZ9e3pDfY4w2x8QqlfX8T2KAvnF9vcADIGAGi-hLYnnUEBMTa3LahysS-vooEZg1MC5cxjR_2tVsfBbFhExqghuO77TkPSnkdBZ7flWf9AQVQ_CH2aRBAp/w640-h426/IMG_0842-lo.JPG" title="Good Inflation News for Solar! RPI Jumps in October" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good Inflation News for Solar! RPI Jumps in October</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-36906416230946463572021-08-11T01:26:00.006-07:002021-11-25T03:18:13.749-08:002021 Solar Output Drops Compared to 2020<p> The exceptional summer of 2020 hasn't been replicated in 2021 and the solar electricity generation from our panels has dropped substantially. I guess this is to be expected as it then averages out the numbers back standard.</p><p>It's quite noticeable how much lower output the 2021 months are compared to 2021 for our solar panels in Kent UK.</p><p><a href="http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/yearly-comparison-of-solar-pv">http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/yearly-comparison-of-solar-pv</a></p><p><b>March 2020</b></p><p>334 kWh</p><p><b>March 2021</b></p><p>260 kWh</p><p><b>May 2020</b></p><p>517 kWh</p><p><b>May 2021</b></p><p>383 kWh</p><p>Jump forward to July and 2021 and 2020 are virtually identical at 394 vs 390 kWh.</p><p><b></b></p><blockquote><b>May 2020 at 517 kWh was the highest monthly generation that we've had from our solar panels over the 10 years that we've had them installed.</b></blockquote><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDPTs_G4aScL2gQGu5RvZk5dnmLTd4hobsgkOfALhZ8UX6v_eq6rQ33G-EztKGcIa1JbhY_jIkEt9v-Kuuv93yMGB40VnT3Wod2sbcMwgnmR_Fb9DH1AlICvHGYPwyKoP3SVR2QRoxBcv/s1200/solar-panel-shading1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="2021 Solar Output Drops Compared to 2020" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDPTs_G4aScL2gQGu5RvZk5dnmLTd4hobsgkOfALhZ8UX6v_eq6rQ33G-EztKGcIa1JbhY_jIkEt9v-Kuuv93yMGB40VnT3Wod2sbcMwgnmR_Fb9DH1AlICvHGYPwyKoP3SVR2QRoxBcv/w640-h426/solar-panel-shading1.JPG" title="2021 Solar Output Drops Compared to 2020" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2021 Solar Output Drops Compared to 2020<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-69052817240353648122021-06-15T01:50:00.000-07:002021-08-11T01:50:44.964-07:00Best Months of Year for Solar Panels UK - Not Expected!<p>We've had our solar panels for over years now so we've collected a lot of data showing the generation over the days and months since 2011. Some interesting patterns have emerged that aren't necessarily what you would expect.</p><p>There are the more obvious extreme generation examples where you get very high and very low months depending on the weather but the month that is routinely lower than you would imagine is June.</p><p>Over the 10 year average data June is consistently lower than either May or July which is really odd as you would expect June to be the highest month for solar electricity generation as it has the longest days. Both May & July should be lower because the daylight hours are either lengthening or shrinking compared to June.</p><p></p><blockquote><p><b>May total - 4064kWh - average 406kWh</b></p><p><b>June total - 3943 kWh - average 394 kWh</b></p><p><b>July total - 4155 kWh - average 415 kWh</b></p></blockquote><p></p><p>So as you can see June is on average lower than May or July. This isn't just a quirk from a particularly bad June or good May or July but seems to be a genuine trend. Out of the 10 years, 5 of them have June lower than May & July and in only 3 years is June higher than both May and July.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZ1Q1_7s0pwGfjm6x2hFWdT3pidnixiz0oIEP5yiovkR_l6oGxoAQwZw-mWYC31p8I4qV1OFInVM4-qETr_8E58LVkEHdID9T5onhs3BWql0RaW9ZRl0iT78k3ThXKyChtLhLaUUUIrWd/s3000/IMG_1040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZ1Q1_7s0pwGfjm6x2hFWdT3pidnixiz0oIEP5yiovkR_l6oGxoAQwZw-mWYC31p8I4qV1OFInVM4-qETr_8E58LVkEHdID9T5onhs3BWql0RaW9ZRl0iT78k3ThXKyChtLhLaUUUIrWd/w640-h426/IMG_1040.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-80613741554363946932021-04-20T09:55:00.003-07:002021-04-20T09:55:45.875-07:00British Gas FIT Payment Installation ID Problems<p> I've had my solar panels for 10 years this year and over that time registered the generation meter readings every 3 months or so to get the FIT (Feed in Tariff) payments from British Gas.</p><p>I've come to do the same today and the British Gas website is refusing to accept the installation ID for my system. The number I have had since the system was fitted starts 95000 and is 12 digits long yet the BG FIT payment screen insists that the ID must begin with a 5 and be 10 digits long.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNKxQr4XIZ7LkaJUN9GBnKSHx005aLArce3cCEwWFoOkp3Y4LaUYs1kyRznCJi_3b4Hjp5g2rBFPOBgI13nG2Ez4ZhA3ZiNiuTGBmMRJgTPJzPy-Ebeq5cMhcUIP53FKfxTG-EX0oNbj0/s892/bg-fit-reading-error.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="892" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNKxQr4XIZ7LkaJUN9GBnKSHx005aLArce3cCEwWFoOkp3Y4LaUYs1kyRznCJi_3b4Hjp5g2rBFPOBgI13nG2Ez4ZhA3ZiNiuTGBmMRJgTPJzPy-Ebeq5cMhcUIP53FKfxTG-EX0oNbj0/w640-h424/bg-fit-reading-error.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>It would appear that British Gas have made some amendments to their FIT payment screens but not actually checked whether they work.</p><p>Update - on checking elsewhere it appears that BG have generated new Installation IDs but failed to actually inform any of the solar owners what the new numbers are or even to put a message on their website to let people know that it has changed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ATbiwvI-LvVLMNa0U8qbM0WdpTX2TQqySkGurgo94xBRQfstzCqdkHsIeJoemfewlmcEZs9M5FSCKAvrx4U7a49bV_tLZsJe5lf5IB65VuZMk12XsFauhbWCySHj0OUPoAvWe3OrRq8w/s518/bg-fit-installation-id-error.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="345" data-original-width="518" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ATbiwvI-LvVLMNa0U8qbM0WdpTX2TQqySkGurgo94xBRQfstzCqdkHsIeJoemfewlmcEZs9M5FSCKAvrx4U7a49bV_tLZsJe5lf5IB65VuZMk12XsFauhbWCySHj0OUPoAvWe3OrRq8w/w640-h426/bg-fit-installation-id-error.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Quite incredibly the help icon next to the error that states the installation ID must be 10 characters actually shows a 12 digit number next to it!</p><p>Very poor show British Gas! Maybe it's a deliberate ploy to stop people claiming their FIT payments!</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-21095884578153085052020-11-08T15:00:00.004-08:002021-11-25T03:20:10.362-08:002020 - Worst Ever October for Solar Panels<p> As an example of how nature evens out the weather in 2020 we have now had the best and worst months for solar generation since we had panels installed in 2011.</p><p><a href="http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/solar-power-month-by-month/12-monthly-data/10-monthly-uk-solar-panel-electricity-output-for-april">April</a> and <a href="http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/solar-power-month-by-month/12-monthly-data/18-monthly-uk-solar-panel-electricity-output-for-may">May 2020</a> beat every previous record for our system but <a href="http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/solar-power-month-by-month/12-monthly-data/20-monthly-uk-solar-panel-electricity-output-for-october">October</a> has now been the lowest generated for an October by a significant margin</p><p>Average for October was 205kWh with a previous minimum of 185kWh and high of 273kWh in 2018. This month was only <b>163kWh </b>of electricity generated</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZ1Q1_7s0pwGfjm6x2hFWdT3pidnixiz0oIEP5yiovkR_l6oGxoAQwZw-mWYC31p8I4qV1OFInVM4-qETr_8E58LVkEHdID9T5onhs3BWql0RaW9ZRl0iT78k3ThXKyChtLhLaUUUIrWd/s3000/IMG_1040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZ1Q1_7s0pwGfjm6x2hFWdT3pidnixiz0oIEP5yiovkR_l6oGxoAQwZw-mWYC31p8I4qV1OFInVM4-qETr_8E58LVkEHdID9T5onhs3BWql0RaW9ZRl0iT78k3ThXKyChtLhLaUUUIrWd/w640-h426/IMG_1040.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-24609517113120477042020-06-01T15:30:00.002-07:002021-08-11T01:27:18.294-07:00Highest Ever Monthly Solar GenerationI've just seen on the news that May 2020 was the sunniest month on record in the UK. Having just loaded the data for our solar panels the results fully bear this out with May 2020 breaching the 500kWh generation barrier for the first time.<div><br /></div><div><b><blockquote>In May 2020 our solar panels generated a whopping 517kWh of electricity from the 3kWp set of panels. That's considerably more than the previous high of 460kWh produced in June 2018 which has the potential to be higher as the days are longer.</blockquote></b></div><div><br /></div><div>As we're still working from home, any additional electricity generated during the day is very welcome as we are using higher than normal amounts and can easily schedule washing machine loads at peak times.</div><div><br /></div><div>You can see the full results here <a href="http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/yearly-comparison-of-solar-pv">http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/yearly-comparison-of-solar-pv</a> </div><div>Fortunately the days have been hot but with a cooling breeze which may have helped maximise the electricity produced.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLRtcQ87hHL0b5_K_1Z6nKoYhmhNy1Ym_-7mfR7jRGuVssW_8HO10l_BGSYSZvW0Vlpkryrr46mlzg6lL7tPMBQkN_z-ecogeFHBoHIuzJxJOML3c4oZiE2bVzhgu0fZfm9_tl-hiVYGI/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="809" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLRtcQ87hHL0b5_K_1Z6nKoYhmhNy1Ym_-7mfR7jRGuVssW_8HO10l_BGSYSZvW0Vlpkryrr46mlzg6lL7tPMBQkN_z-ecogeFHBoHIuzJxJOML3c4oZiE2bVzhgu0fZfm9_tl-hiVYGI/w640-h480/solar-panel-temperature-graph.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-66711882588529191932020-05-02T03:47:00.002-07:002020-05-02T03:48:29.718-07:00Sunniest April Solar Electricity RecordsAccording to meteorological records April 2020 was one of the sunniest ever recorded <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51799503">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51799503</a><br />
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This was also reflected in our solar panel electricity generation, we got 432 kWh of electricity last month considerably up on the average of 360kWh and above our previous best of 415kWh.<br />
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2020 has been good so far for solar with both March & April beating previous records. It's a bonus as we're now working from home during the Coronavirus lockdown and using more electricity!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-28930004378390584162020-04-04T05:38:00.001-07:002020-04-04T05:38:11.957-07:00March 2020 Record Beating SolarMarch 2020 will be known for record breaking in relation to Corona Virus Covid-19 but in the UK it was also a record breaking month for solar panel electricity generation. The month seemed somewhat dull and cold but obviously there was more sun than I imagined! The cold temperatures would have also helped the panels be more efficient to improve generation too. Since mid March we have been working from home as a result of the Covid-19 virus requirements to stay inside and only travel for essential food or medicine journeys.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The total for March 2020 was 330 kWh of solar electricity produced</span></blockquote>
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This compares to an 8 year average of 270 kWh with lows of 173 kWh for March 2013. You can see the full data here<br />
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<a href="http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/solar-power-month-by-month/12-monthly-data/17-monthly-uk-solar-panel-electricity-output-for-march">http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/solar-power-month-by-month/12-monthly-data/17-monthly-uk-solar-panel-electricity-output-for-march</a><br />
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Do you have solar panels in the UK? How did your data compare for March 2020? Post in the comments if you have any feedback on your own generation.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-30014899384945761622020-01-15T05:01:00.002-08:002021-09-23T07:52:43.213-07:00FIT Rates April 2020 onwardsThe Feed In Tariff (FIT) rates are calculated from the base 2010 figure by applying the RPI (Retail Prices Index) rate for December to the previous rate. You can see the December rates since 2011 below.<br />
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2011</div>
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4.8</div>
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2012</div>
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2013</div>
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2.7</div>
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2014</div>
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1.6</div>
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2015</div>
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2016</div>
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2017</div>
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2018</div>
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In April 2019 the rate increased to<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">54.17p as a result of the 2.7% increase in RPI for December 2018.</span></span><div><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">With the latest RPI increase of 2.2% announced for December 2019 this rate will increase again as shown by the calculations below:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Existing Generation rate (54.17p) x RPI (2.2%) = New Rate (55.36p)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b>So the new rate for Electricity generation is 55.36p per kWh</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">The export rate will also increase by 2.2% from 3.82p to 3.90p</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;">There are various other FIT rates that apply depending on the date that your solar panels were commissioned. They will also increase by 2.7% as the RPI rate for December 2019.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-61347192144342525672019-11-18T01:33:00.000-08:002019-11-18T01:56:15.498-08:00Solar Panels Generation Long Term Average (LTA) Electricity OutputAfter 8 years we've got some pretty good average generation data for our solar panels. The panels were installed on 18th November 2011 so we've now had plenty of different weather patterns over that time to see how the totals add up.<br />
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Our generation meter was reading 26002 kWh this morning so that's 3250kWh per year, quite an impressive amount for 3kWp panels in the UK.<br />
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The full details are available here showing each year and month<br />
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<a href="http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/yearly-comparison-of-solar-pv">http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/yearly-comparison-of-solar-pv</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Winter and Summer Solar Panel electricity generation</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-51928017688379375252019-11-02T02:22:00.000-07:002019-11-01T02:30:14.361-07:00PV Solar Panel Generation Deterioration Over Time?Solar panels are expected to deteriorate over their lifetime and according to the manufacturers the generation of solar power can drop by around 0.5% per year.<br />
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What's interesting is that after 8 years this deterioration isn't visible and that the natural variation of the solar electricity generated is a far more obvious factor than the performance of the panels themselves.<br />
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<a href="http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/yearly-comparison-of-solar-pv">http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/yearly-comparison-of-solar-pv</a><br />
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Annual generation has varied between 2794 and 3343 kWh per year but this has not been in a straight line and generation can vary by 10% which easily masks a 0.5% variation in panels.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-56825476878660517862019-11-01T02:19:00.001-07:002019-11-01T02:22:19.674-07:00October 2019 - The Best and Worst Solar Generation!The data for October 2019 is now complete and a massive contrast. The worst October power generation we've recorded since our solar panels were installed in 2011 but also the best October day since our panels were fitted.<br />
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Although October 2019 was the lowest ever October at 186kWh electricity generated over the month as it's been quite dull and rainy, we did have a couple of very sunny days one of which gave our best October generating day ever.<br />
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October 2018 was nearly 100kWh better at 273kWh compared to the 186kWh this year.<br />
But October 2nd 2019 generated 16.394kWh which was the highest amount for an October day that we've seen.<br />
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Full details of the electricity generation from our solar panels is below:<br />
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<a href="http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/solar-power-month-by-month/12-monthly-data/20-monthly-uk-solar-panel-electricity-output-for-october">http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/solar-power-month-by-month/12-monthly-data/20-monthly-uk-solar-panel-electricity-output-for-october</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-53611492714508041542019-05-05T13:59:00.001-07:002019-11-01T02:32:25.528-07:00British Gas (FIT) Feed In Tariff Payment DelaysHaving previously sung the praises of British Gas and their speedy payment of FITs it's very frustrating that they are now seriously slow to pay out with it taking over a month for the most recent payment. Previously cheques were received within 7 days of a reading being submitted.<br />
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I'm not alone as there are other people making the same complaint about British Gas payment delays on the Money Saving Expert forums.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">British Gas Feed In Tariff Payment Delays (FITs)</td></tr>
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I'm now looking at options to move my FIT payments to another provider which I guess might be what British Gas are hoping their customers will do.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-16885268165842495782019-04-15T05:52:00.001-07:002019-04-15T06:04:28.268-07:00ESE Solar Free Health Check scam<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "lucida" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">We received a letter today marked "Important" from a company called ESE/ESE Consultants. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "lucida" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>"Our records indicate you haven't received your free health check and service on your system and your warranty may be due to expire. Please contact our team to validate your warranty and book your health check"</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "lucida" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">This company is nothing to do with the installer of our system and I'm guessing is on a sales pitch to sell some sort of warranty. Quite what a health check on non maintenance panels will involve I don't know. Maybe I'm being too sceptical but the letter doesn't fill me with confidence. I'd hope if it was a genuine company it wouldn't be inducing some form of fault that then requires their assistance.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "lucida" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">It also seems to suggest replacing inverters that are 5 years old with a new one with a 20 year warranty. Why replace a fully working inverter with a brand new one at a cost of £1000 or more. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "lucida" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">From another call SE Services want £20 a month to extend your warranty THEN you qualify for the free health check and annual maintenance. In other words, money for old rope!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "lucida" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">They're based in Liverpool but ESE wouldn't reveal who exactly they'd use to conduct these checks and services around the country.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "lucida" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Its all a deceptive marketing and a scam.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "lucida" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">It also looks like ESE are now using the name </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "lucida" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>British Trading Solar Association</b>. Maybe the power of Google meant they were finding too many people searching for their old name.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "lucida" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">More information here </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "lucida" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><a href="https://www.recc.org.uk/images/upload/noncompliancepanel_33.pdf">https://www.recc.org.uk/images/upload/noncompliancepanel_33.pdf</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "lucida" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The decision of the RECC panel on ESE Solar is below:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "lucida" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Member shall cease forthwith sending all direct marketing
letters regarding ‘free health checks’.
4. For the next 12 months, starting on the day of this determination,
the Member shall submit to the RECC Executive for review all
direct marketing material including (but not limited to) unsolicited
letters, telesales scripts, and social media posts that it intends to
distribute to the public or use to promote its services, and shall
make any alterations the RECC Executive proposes to ensure that
the material is compliant, prior to distribution or publication.
5. The Member shall agree with the RECC Executive on the design of
a questionnaire to be given to every customer onsite in order to
independently assess compliance with the Code. This
questionnaire shall be used for 12 months and must allow the
Executive to identify which service the customer has received from
the Member (e.g., a free health check, purchase of maintenance
contract, purchase of additional products). On completion of the
questionnaires, customers shall be asked to submit them directly to
RECC and the questionnaire should include a request for consent
from the customer to be further contacted by RECC.
6. Subject to data protection compliance, the Member will provide
RECC with customer contact details on request to allow the
Executive to make ad hoc contact with individual customers to
investigate Code compliance.
7. The Member must identify a member of staff accountable for
compliance with the Code and other applicable consumer
legislation. This member of staff must be in place within 28 days
and the RECC Executive notified of their name and contact details.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-91091847707645486112019-03-04T13:48:00.001-08:002019-03-04T13:53:44.238-08:00Sunny Feb 2019 Beats Solar RecordsIn the UK Feb 2019 was one of the hottest and sunniest February months on record and this has also been reflected in the generation numbers for our solar panels. You can see the comparison here<br />
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<a href="http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/yearly-comparison-of-solar-pv">http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/yearly-comparison-of-solar-pv</a><br />
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The previous highest electricity generated in Feb was 190kWh so the 226kWh for Feb 2019 was nearly 20% higher than the previous maximum. Unlike 2018 this year was warm and dry with no snow which gave some good daily generation but no records for the daily production, probably because it was too warm. Cold sunny winter days are best for getting the most solar power generated.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-26449743413575475212019-02-05T01:37:00.003-08:002019-02-05T01:37:41.672-08:00Best January Solar DayThis year we've had the best January day for our solar panels with one day production of 10.2kWh of electricity.<br />
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<a href="http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/yearly-comparison-of-solar-pv">http://solar-panels-review.321web.co.uk/index.php/yearly-comparison-of-solar-pv</a><br />
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As panels age they will degrade over time and reduce by approximately 0.5% per year. Interestingly so far there has been more variation due to weather than from the panels reducing.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-24904179280213531592019-01-16T01:55:00.000-08:002019-01-16T04:26:04.388-08:00FIT Rates April 2019 OnwardsThe latest inflation figures have just been published which set the level of the Feed In Tariff rates from April 2019 onwards. The common inflation measure released is the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46889433">CPI (Consumer Price Inflation) which is 2.2% for December</a> but this isn't the one that is used to calculate FIT payments<br />
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The inflation measure used is RPI which is more difficult to find as it's not so commonly used any more. If you go to the <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/timeseries/czbh/mm23">ONS website you can see the latest value for RPI</a> for December which is 2.7%<br />
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Using the existing FIT rate of 52.75p and applying the RPI of 2.7% gives a new rate of <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">54.17p</span></b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">for the Feed in Tariff rate as of April 2019-2020. The level for export will increase to </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3.82p</span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">There are various other FIT rates that apply depending on the date that your solar panels were commissioned. They will also increase by 2.7% as the RPI rate for December 2018.</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1851202776713476150.post-77471022414760184142019-01-15T13:55:00.002-08:002019-11-18T01:21:45.669-08:00Kent Solar Panel Generation 2018I've got all the data loaded for our solar panels for 2018 and there were a few excellent and record breaking months!<br />
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