[FONT="]@claypole
I understand your concern, so as part of our business planning for this year I looked to see who was installing systems, and where the market is and would likely to be, so I did a complete analysis of all the commercial installed value vs domestic inatsllated value that is registered under FIT and to date the TOTAL commercial and industrial element as a percentage of installed outup (kWp) is less than 2%
That isn't what was 'consuming' the FIT funding.
What triggered the early FIT review was the VERY LARGE solar - they had anticipated in the order of 100 5MW solar farms, and so far there are over 240 applications for accreditation (ROO-FIT) in the system (each site is accredited, not the installer just a bit of Ofgem terminology confusion) and that has the potential to totally destroy the small to medium (<50kW) systems that are covered by MCS.
And yes, they don't need to be grid connected, there is a banding in the FIT scheme - "Stand-alone (autonomous) Solar PV / Any Size / 29.3" not quite as lucrative, but still worthwhile. I'd be surprised if the FD of the company didn't look at the total value, even if it is to 'trickle charge' the batteries, the only way it may make economic sense is if they were hoping to charge the UPS during a power cut, however if it is a data centre it'll be 24x7 and they'll need more than batteries, they need good old fashioned diesel genny backup too (specced to many of these in my time and you do get some hair brained ideas from the techies!)[/FONT]
I understand your concern, so as part of our business planning for this year I looked to see who was installing systems, and where the market is and would likely to be, so I did a complete analysis of all the commercial installed value vs domestic inatsllated value that is registered under FIT and to date the TOTAL commercial and industrial element as a percentage of installed outup (kWp) is less than 2%
That isn't what was 'consuming' the FIT funding.
What triggered the early FIT review was the VERY LARGE solar - they had anticipated in the order of 100 5MW solar farms, and so far there are over 240 applications for accreditation (ROO-FIT) in the system (each site is accredited, not the installer just a bit of Ofgem terminology confusion) and that has the potential to totally destroy the small to medium (<50kW) systems that are covered by MCS.
And yes, they don't need to be grid connected, there is a banding in the FIT scheme - "Stand-alone (autonomous) Solar PV / Any Size / 29.3" not quite as lucrative, but still worthwhile. I'd be surprised if the FD of the company didn't look at the total value, even if it is to 'trickle charge' the batteries, the only way it may make economic sense is if they were hoping to charge the UPS during a power cut, however if it is a data centre it'll be 24x7 and they'll need more than batteries, they need good old fashioned diesel genny backup too (specced to many of these in my time and you do get some hair brained ideas from the techies!)[/FONT]
