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redmile-energy
A few thoughts on the long term impacts of Solar installations, the feed in tariffs and the short sighted Government;
Most of the panels on the maret will work well beyond the 25 year feed in tariff, the likes of Schott and Sharp have panels that are still producing 50 years on- on this basis the Energy companies are going to get a good couple of decades of exported power for free.
To do this people will obviously have to ensure their inverter is working but for the sake of free power it seems likely most will, for roof applications it seems fairly sensible that whether it be domestic or commercial people will be happy to leave the panels in place for many years to come and enjoy the benefits of free electricity.
From a long term point of view the type of installation that concerns me is large scale ground mounted systems. Many of these are just simply put in to gain the feed in tariff, the power beng consumed must be minimal with the vast majority being exported- is it not just likely that the landowner after 25 years simply tears out the system and uses the area for something more profitable such as farming?
I think the Government should have a clearer long term plan which protects the installs which are likely to stick around, or at least have something in place to ensure those large scale ground mounts must continue to supply electricity back into the grid when the feed in tariff no longer applies.
Most of the panels on the maret will work well beyond the 25 year feed in tariff, the likes of Schott and Sharp have panels that are still producing 50 years on- on this basis the Energy companies are going to get a good couple of decades of exported power for free.
To do this people will obviously have to ensure their inverter is working but for the sake of free power it seems likely most will, for roof applications it seems fairly sensible that whether it be domestic or commercial people will be happy to leave the panels in place for many years to come and enjoy the benefits of free electricity.
From a long term point of view the type of installation that concerns me is large scale ground mounted systems. Many of these are just simply put in to gain the feed in tariff, the power beng consumed must be minimal with the vast majority being exported- is it not just likely that the landowner after 25 years simply tears out the system and uses the area for something more profitable such as farming?
I think the Government should have a clearer long term plan which protects the installs which are likely to stick around, or at least have something in place to ensure those large scale ground mounts must continue to supply electricity back into the grid when the feed in tariff no longer applies.
