What's the weather like over your way

[Micropop]

Hydro generator in the down pipes? Solar works great in the snow if you can position the panels to take advantage of the reflection..... possibly a case for vertical double sided panels ..... Anywhere near water when there is light scattered cloud will get better solar that someone further inland, the sun reflects off the water, onto the clouds and back down again giving the solar panel a double dose

T1 Terry

I've had the calculation done. Even with state subsidies, the cost of the panels and installation has a downpayment time of 25 years in the conditions here. And that was calculated using a power price 30% higher than the average has been over the last few years.
Add to that, the panels have a lifespan of 20 years, and will degrade over the years, which the calculation did not take into consideration....

 

[T1 Terry]

I've had the calculation done. Even with state subsidies, the cost of the panels and installation has a downpayment time of 25 years in the conditions here. And that was calculated using a power price 30% higher than the average has been over the last few years.
Add to that, the panels have a lifespan of 20 years, and will degrade over the years, which the calculation did not take into consideration....

The latest all black panels with the soldered busbars behind the cells have an output guarantee for 30 yrs now .... but 25 yrs payback is not a good investment ...

T1 Terry

 

[Micropop]

The latest all black panels with the soldered busbars behind the cells have an output guarantee for 30 yrs now .... but 25 yrs payback is not a good investment ...

T1 Terry

Another thing is that most older households are connected to IT (isolation terra) power net, which isn't really designed to reverse the power, so you can't sell your power back to the grid. Well, you can sort of, but it's complicated and expensive, so not really viable at all.

Newer households are on TN (terra neutral) that has that capability.

Not an expert on the matter, but that's what I've been told.

 

[T1 Terry]

Another thing is that most older households are connected to IT (isolation terra) power net, which isn't really designed to reverse the power, so you can't sell your power back to the grid. Well, you can sort of, but it's complicated and expensive, so not really viable at all.

Newer households are on TN (terra neutral) that has that capability.

Not an expert on the matter, but that's what I've been told.

Are yes, the full floating supply, no neutral, just line 1 and line 2 ..... It would be suitable for going off grid, but trying to convert it to main/neutral/earth would be a big job, not really worth the effort that's for sure ....

The MG V2L would work fine on that sort of system though, once you isolated the grid supply, so you could have a back up power supply if the grid went down ....

T1 Terry

 

[Black estate]

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