Advice please.

[Fuel Crusher]

Hi.
I work for SSE and we've been offered a PV system install that I'd like advice on.

The text of the offer is as follows:
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SSE staff can get a discount of over £1,500* off the usual price of a six-panel solar PV system of £8,168 and up to £2,600* off a ten-panel £11,600 system, giving you the means to generate your own electricity for an initial outlay of as little as £6,500. (See example below).

But you won’t just be saving money, you’ll also be earning it because SSE will pay you up to 41.3p** for every unit of energy you generate. Plus, you’ll get an extra 3p** per unit as an export tariff tax free.


Each system comes with a 25-year guarantee, and as feed-in tariffs are expected to be around for 25 years, any energy generated after a customer has paid for their system is their own.


* Cost based on a YingLi 2.35kWp system, fully installed, including delivery and VAT. Price subject to survey.
* Cost based on a YingLi 1.41kWp system, fully installed, including delivery and VAT. Price subject to survey.
** 41.3p/kWh as mandated by the Government plus 3p/kWh as an export tariff from your electricity supplier
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So, what do the experts think. Is £9,000 a good price for the 2.35kwp system? Is 'YingLi' a reliable make? Also as I live in the North East of Scotland we don't exactly have the best weather would this be a factor? The roof is just about exactly south facing although I'm not sure of the angle (the upstairs is within the roof).

Any advice or thoughts would be gratefully received.

 

[Martin Dawes]

To be fair, I think 9k is a very good price for a 2.35kwp system. I'd take them up on it.

 

[Noshocks]

I charge £7,661 inc. for a 2.35kw system so to me it doesent seem so cheap, however i have much lower overheads than SSE, its for the same modules as well BTW. Pays your money and takes your choice.

 

[Martin Dawes]

That seems really cheap. At the price I source equipment, I'd struggle to get near £7,661 for a 2.35kW system.

 

[Noshocks]

I get good pricing because I used to be an international buyer of electronic components, I know what the sales guys want to hear, and how my company image should appear to them, larger than it actually is!

 

[poheZ]

I think materials would come to about £6000 if you used a ET Solar or Yingli panel. If you went for a Sanyo then it would be more right?

 

[Markc]

With the greatest of respect to all on here I believe posting prices of PV equipment to be damaging to our newly formed industry. I for one want this to be our first real opportunity to earn good money and lets face it OUR investment to achieve MCS, training etc also needs to be calculated into our costs. To install a 2.35Kwp system inclusive of VAT must mean you are earning equivalent to what you could get house bashing. I for one don't believe your materials cost to be THAT low! Sorry. Please consider Joe Public has access here also. It's a competitive market and the its a buyers market not a sellers.

Again with best regards posting prices here is damaging to the PV industry and everyone regardless of being members here or not.

And I will also add direct to Noshocks. I do not mean my post to be demeaning or disrespectful directly to you and I will be the first to wish you the greatest of success.

 

[Energetic]

Hear Hear...

 

[poheZ]

there will always be, in any industry some one who does it cheaper. If companies are willing to sell their service at a price you are not then dont compete on price

 

[Noshocks]

All our pricing is advertised on our website for anyone to see, its all transparent and upfront, just like many other companies, the sales price is based on a margin after all costs are calculated for a particular sized system, which does reflect the extra expense of MCS, but also reflects the lower overheads and negotiated component prices we have.

Customers do not base their decision on price alone, some prefer dealing with large companies like Tesco and SSE etc and pay a premium for doing so, some prefer using local companies, both large and small, theyre pricing being dependant on their individual costs and margins.

 

[Martin Dawes]

I agree with Markc. We certainly need to keep our prices to ourselves or private messages on these forums.

As for Noshocks price, like everything we do there will be people that can do things for cheaper and that is the nature of our industry.

Frankly, however, for the money that I have to shell out for a system that size, I couldn't even dream of doing an installation for that price. My profits would be little more than house-bashing.

I expect returns on my investment and for the training of my staff.

 

[kentop2]

I didn't have a girlfriend until I was 19 and I didn't die. Don't feel pressured to be with somebody just because everybody else around you is. Be yourself and if something comes along then great. If not then don't sweat it, it will.

 

[High Tower]

I didn't have a girlfriend until I was 19 and I didn't die. Don't feel pressured to be with somebody just because everybody else around you is. Be yourself and if something comes along then great. If not then don't sweat it, it will.

EH? You what?

 

[malcolmsanford]

EH? You what?

He didn't have a girlfriend until he was 19 ....................come on High Tower stay with the thread

 

[High Tower]

Someone ask him what the weathers like on his planet please?