TMC wrote:
Some one I know has been offered a solar panel deal

The information I have been given is that the panel installation would
normally cost 10k

At that rate it would pay for itself in ten years due to a combination
of electricity not paid for and inconme from the excess going into the
grid they say

They are offering the panels for 250ukp and say that they make their
money by taking the money from the excess going into the grid

My current electric bill is about 80ukp per month

How big would the panels need to be to generate in excess of this usage?

I cannot see how this could ever work so can some one please explain


It's been done to death on here in the past. To work out how much you
could generate, assume an average output over a year of about 2 Watts
per square metre of panel. Peak is higher, and comes in the Summer, when
your energy use is at its lowest, but that's a reasonable average over
24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

http://www.southern-electric.co.uk/u...tionAndFAQ.pdf

Points at a brochure which explains it, but the profitability comes from
the enhanced rate they pay you for the power you feed into the grid.

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Tciao for Now!

John.