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   Rod Speed to Commander Kinsey   
   Re: Very few solar panels on new houses   
   07 Jun 19 09:05:52   
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y, alt.sci.physics   
   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   "Commander Kinsey"  wrote in message   
   news:op.z2ziatlkwdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...   
   > On Thu, 06 Jun 2019 23:08:06 +0100, trader_4    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 5:53:05 PM UTC-4, Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   >>> On Thu, 06 Jun 2019 22:48:40 +0100, Andy Burns    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> > Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   >>> >   
   >>> >> Andy Burns wrote:   
   >>> >>   
   >>> >>> Very little incentive to have any at all now that the   
   >>> >>> feed-in/bribery   
   >>> >>> tariff has ended.   
   >>> >>   
   >>> >> That's what I would have thought, but these houses are only a couple   
   >>> >> of   
   >>> >> years old.   
   >>> >   
   >>> > FIT ended (for new installs) 31st March 2019.   
   >>>   
   >>> I wasn't aware it was a different date for new installs.  I tried to get   
   >>> some on my existing house 5 years ago and just missed it.   
   >>>   
   >>> However, if the bribery had ended, why did they install any at all?  Is   
   >>> there some silly regulation saying they have to have a small number?   
   >>>   
   >>> And these houses would have been completed before 31st March 2019.   
   >>   
   >> You don't even say where this is.  The rebates, tax incentives, payments   
   >> for electric you generate, vary widely, state by state.   
   >   
   > Sorry I thought you knew I lived in the UK.   
   >   
   >> I agree though that a small number doesn't make sense, assuming it's not   
   >> enough to cover the energy usage of the house.   
   >   
   > Irrelevant, you can always make more and it just goes into the grid.   
      
   But when you are paid fuck all for what goes into the grid   
   it makes no sense to be paying a lot more for the panels.   
      
   >> Which again gets to where it's located.  If it's FL and they need heavy   
   >> AC it's going to be higher energy needed than someplace more moderate.   
      
   > Irrelevant, you can always make more and it just goes into the grid.   
      
   But when you are paid fuck all for what goes into the grid   
   it makes no sense to be paying a lot more for the panels.   
      
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