FIT for new installation

[scottishjohn]

Hi, from reading it would appear that FIT is now dead and gone 

is this correct.Iam starting to try to work out what do for power .

Ican get a grid supply --guees from last quotes a couple of years ago , £15+

 but if no FIT --one wonders on going totally off grid ?

thoughs and any info very welcome 

no problem with space for panels either on roof or ground 

house faces s/w

 

[JohnMo]

To go off grid is no easy or that cheap a task.

 

PV, plus batteries, plus generator, that can run a few days without complaint, i.e. continuous duty rated.

 

What did the quote include for power supply.  Ways to reduce is get someone yourself to do trench digging and backfill.

[scottishjohn]

2 hours ago, JohnMo said:

What did the quote include for power supply

could well be different now --

[scottishjohn]

Just now, scottishjohn said:

could well be different now --

Ihave been told ,but not confiremd that they may even let you dig and give you conduit to lay and just pull the cable through and connect . 

that would suit me fine --but need to revisit the quote stage soon 

 

[JohnMo]

We didn't need to use conduit, just a bed of sand below and above, then the marker tape.  Only bit of conduit was where it went into and up through the foundations.

[ProDave]

23 minutes ago, scottishjohn said:

Ihave been told ,but not confiremd that they may even let you dig and give you conduit to lay and just pull the cable through and connect . 

that would suit me fine --but need to revisit the quote stage soon 

 

Yes I did all the digging and laying conduit for my connection.  All the DNO had to do was pull their cable through the duct I had installed, and connect both ends.  I even filled in the connection pit after they had left.

[TonyT]

I think I would rather spend the money on PV and batteries, never before have home batteries been so popular/ different varieties etc.

 

Maximise the solar to allow for the poor winter months.

 

pylontech batteries, can be added to as the system grows.

 

better than writing a cheque to Scottish Power for £15k plus.

 

 

[scottishjohn]

its not just panels ,but alot of battery storage  needed and maybe a gen for winter as well

more work needed to see which is best  

beatring mind I do not have 30 years to get installation costs back +beneift from savings 

[Kelvin]

Going off-grid is hard. I was speaking to a guy recently who does it and he is without power a lot of the time. He doesn’t need it for heating and hot water though. 
 

As above though you can save a lot of money with a grid supply if you do all the donkey work yourself. All SSEN had to do at my site was pull the cable through and connect it at either end. They even complimented me on my tidy cable trench and kiosk as apparently the previous job was a nightmare.  Although it depends if they have to reinforce the grid supply to make your connection. 
 

The quotes don’t cost anything and you can extend them if you aren’t ready.