I was alerted to something I'd not thought of the other day when on a phone
in a guy was annoyed that the council had passed an application to build a
high rise block so that it would in effect take away his sun for part of the
day, starving his solar panels of light, and he wondered if he could get
compensation for the extra electricity he would use.
Two things came to mind. You could not quantify a loss as it would
presumably depend on how sunny it was for how many days etc, and of course,
the council one supposes can consult on this and probably did and hence he
could have had his say then.
However I wonder how many other people are finding themselves in this
situation as it seems that the current trend is once again toward high rise
dwellings with the pleb flats at the bottom with their own pleb entrance and
a swanky posh bar stewards one at the other side with their own high speed
lift to the penthouse complexes near the top with a view of the local river
or whatever.
Not to be in any way biased of course!
Brian

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On Wednesday, 5 October 2016 17:11:32 UTC+1, Brian-Gaff wrote:
I was alerted to something I'd not thought of the other day when on a phone
in a guy was annoyed that the council had passed an application to build a
high rise block so that it would in effect take away his sun for part of the
day, starving his solar panels of light, and he wondered if he could get
compensation for the extra electricity he would use.
Two things came to mind. You could not quantify a loss as it would
presumably depend on how sunny it was for how many days etc, and of course,
the council one supposes can consult on this and probably did and hence he
could have had his say then.
However I wonder how many other people are finding themselves in this
situation as it seems that the current trend is once again toward high rise
dwellings with the pleb flats at the bottom with their own pleb entrance and
a swanky posh bar stewards one at the other side with their own high speed
lift to the penthouse complexes near the top with a view of the local river
or whatever.
Not to be in any way biased of course!
Brian

It could be calculates pretty exactly.
And verified by comparing before and after amounts generated.

Worst case would be if the new black was due South of his panels.

"harry" wrote in message
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On Wednesday, 5 October 2016 17:11:32 UTC+1, Brian-Gaff wrote:
I was alerted to something I'd not thought of the other day when on a
phone
in a guy was annoyed that the council had passed an application to build
a
high rise block so that it would in effect take away his sun for part of
the
day, starving his solar panels of light, and he wondered if he could get
compensation for the extra electricity he would use.
Two things came to mind. You could not quantify a loss as it would
presumably depend on how sunny it was for how many days etc, and of
course,
the council one supposes can consult on this and probably did and hence
he
could have had his say then.
However I wonder how many other people are finding themselves in this
situation as it seems that the current trend is once again toward high
rise
dwellings with the pleb flats at the bottom with their own pleb entrance
and
a swanky posh bar stewards one at the other side with their own high
speed
lift to the penthouse complexes near the top with a view of the local
river
or whatever.
Not to be in any way biased of course!
Brian

It could be calculates pretty exactly.
And verified by comparing before and after amounts generated.

Worst case would be if the new black was due South of his panels.

How do you know its a black blocking his panels, bigot boy ?

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Worst case would be if the new black was due South of his panels.

How do you know its a black blocking his panels, bigot boy ?

Probably a typo, you cont.

It had not been built yet, but he obviously knew where the sun tracked
across the sky as the panels, on supposes, are on the side of his roof
most advantageous for gathering energy. The block height and its location
can easily be used to project where the shadow will lie on any day in the
year.
Brian

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On Wednesday, 5 October 2016 17:11:32 UTC+1, Brian-Gaff wrote:
I was alerted to something I'd not thought of the other day when on a
phone
in a guy was annoyed that the council had passed an application to build
a
high rise block so that it would in effect take away his sun for part of
the
day, starving his solar panels of light, and he wondered if he could get
compensation for the extra electricity he would use.
Two things came to mind. You could not quantify a loss as it would
presumably depend on how sunny it was for how many days etc, and of
course,
the council one supposes can consult on this and probably did and hence
he
could have had his say then.
However I wonder how many other people are finding themselves in this
situation as it seems that the current trend is once again toward high
rise
dwellings with the pleb flats at the bottom with their own pleb entrance
and
a swanky posh bar stewards one at the other side with their own high
speed
lift to the penthouse complexes near the top with a view of the local
river
or whatever.
Not to be in any way biased of course!
Brian

It could be calculates pretty exactly.
And verified by comparing before and after amounts generated.

Worst case would be if the new black was due South of his panels.

How do you know it's a black blocking his panels, bigot boy ?

Brian Gaff wrote

It had not been built yet, but he obviously knew where the sun tracked
across the sky as the panels, on supposes, are on the side of his roof
most advantageous for gathering energy. The block height and its location
can easily be used to project where the shadow will lie on any day in the
year.

I was pulling his chain about his typo, Joyce.

"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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"harry" wrote in message
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On Wednesday, 5 October 2016 17:11:32 UTC+1, Brian-Gaff wrote:
I was alerted to something I'd not thought of the other day when on a
phone
in a guy was annoyed that the council had passed an application to
build a
high rise block so that it would in effect take away his sun for part
of the
day, starving his solar panels of light, and he wondered if he could
get
compensation for the extra electricity he would use.
Two things came to mind. You could not quantify a loss as it would
presumably depend on how sunny it was for how many days etc, and of
course,
the council one supposes can consult on this and probably did and hence
he
could have had his say then.
However I wonder how many other people are finding themselves in this
situation as it seems that the current trend is once again toward high
rise
dwellings with the pleb flats at the bottom with their own pleb
entrance and
a swanky posh bar stewards one at the other side with their own high
speed
lift to the penthouse complexes near the top with a view of the local
river
or whatever.
Not to be in any way biased of course!
Brian

It could be calculates pretty exactly.
And verified by comparing before and after amounts generated.

Worst case would be if the new black was due South of his panels.

How do you know it's a black blocking his panels, bigot boy ?

On Wed, 5 Oct 2016 17:11:36 +0100, "Brian-Gaff"
wrote:

I was alerted to something I'd not thought of the other day when on a phone
in a guy was annoyed that the council had passed an application to build a
high rise block so that it would in effect take away his sun for part of the
day, starving his solar panels of light, and he wondered if he could get
compensation for the extra electricity he would use.

snip

I would say 'tough', just like they did to all the people who suffered
poor TV signals (diffraction?) when they built the likes of Canary
Wharf.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_v_Canary_Wharf_Ltd

And how many million people have been affected when they dam a river
upstream of them?

What if you put up a wind turbine and then someone else built a tall
building upwind of you. Who would expect compensation for that (apart
from spongers like harry of course). ;-)

Now, impacting someone's physical life directly (right to light) is
one thing, depriving them of an income, especially one earned off the
back of others ... nah.

Cheers, T i m