Dave Liquorice wrote:

On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:57:09 +0000, Chris J Dixon wrote:

solar panels are a complete waste of time in this country. They
never
pay back maintenance costs even.

Even if the feed-in tariff cuts in next year?

How do you feed in from a thermal solar panels?

OK, not the right term, I should have said "Tariff levels for
Renewable Heat Incentives"

http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cm.../pn10_010.aspx

I believe that they are still contemplating how the energy will
be measured, but it may well simply be that a certain size
installation is "deemed" to have produced a corresponding output.
It may also be qualified by the capability of the property to
make use of that energy.

Photo voltaics are
staggeringly expensive for any meaninful level of power output,
thousands per kW...

Indeed they are, which is why the tariff terms are so generous.

Chris
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Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


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