Whats in your diary

[babba]

fully booked in June moving on to July now.

Bet you cant wait for the August bank holiday its gona be a long one.

 

[FB.]

if its picking up, come august and the fit drop it will kill the trade completely MO!

Yes, I fear it will be an even worse drop-off in demand than the previous occasions (December and March).

20% reduction in the timespan of the FiT payments and a 20% reduction in the amount of FiT and export payments.

Although I think that 16.5p for domestic <4kWp is still acceptable if arrays are in the 3-4kWp size range, it is certainly not likely to attract much attention. It'll be more for the green fanatics who don't mind modest returns, and, of course, the big commercial companies who can get a better price per kW installed.

I certainly sympathise with the solar industry - the terrible mis-management of FiT's by the DECC resulted in too-generous FiT payments during 2011 and then severe knee-jerk over-reaction. Boom and bust - not helped by crowding-out of genuine companies by many "johnny-come-lately" companies jumping onto the solar bandwagon when they saw the high returns which could be achieved due to FiT payments being too generous during 2011.

 

[sedgy34]

Bet you cant wait for the August bank holiday its gona be a long one.

Babba forgive me for being wrong here but your posts tell me your a cynic to solar?

 

[telectrix]

not into solar, but my diary is as empty as katie price's head.

 

[solarsavings]

Strange, I thought her head was always full of.................

 

[babba]

Babba forgive me for being wrong here but your posts tell me your a cynic to solar?

No I love solar, its the way this government keep putting the boot in.

 

[saint]

Reasonably busy. If it wasn't for an up coming tariff cut I would be starting to think of planning ahead.

 

[Eco Deal]

You all seem to forgot fuel bills are going up and always will I think a lot of people are starting to think about this more and more.

 

[sedgy34]

They need to put the thoughts into action then not just leave it as a thought

 

[FB.]

They need to put the thoughts into action then not just leave it as a thought

A few problems:

1.
Many people still regard solar as a gimmick.

2.
Most people find it easier to not bother doing something.

3.
People don't like the idea of double glazing salesmen.

4
Customers have less knowledge of solar and worry about being misled, ripped off or poor quality work.

5.
People worry about what the installation will look like and how it might spoil the look of their home (there are some ugly installations out there).

6.
People worry about the disruption which will be caused during installation (they don't realise it's only 1-2 days work with minimal intrusion).

 

[TedM]

Don't forget that the 1st August cut is entirely dependent on the level of installs in April, May and June. With only 42MW installed in the first two of those three months then June would need a 3x increase in installs for there to be a cut in August.

 

[Gavin A]

Don't forget that the 1st August cut is entirely dependent on the level of installs in April, May and June. With only 42MW installed in the first two of those three months then June would need a 3x increase in installs for there to be a cut in August.

I hate to question you on these things, but are you sure?

I thought the August cut was set in stone as announced, and loosely based on the March and April figures as previously announced, and it was only the cuts at the end of October that would be based on the figures for this period.

 

[whinmoor]

Don't forget that the 1st August cut is entirely dependent on the level of installs in April, May and June. With only 42MW installed in the first two of those three months then June would need a 3x increase in installs for there to be a cut in August.

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[TedM]

Yes, forget that - I am a whole quarter ahead of myself. There looks to be no further cut from 1st November.

 

[FB.]

I hate to question you on these things, but are you sure?

I thought the August cut was set in stone as announced, and loosely based on the March and April figures as previously announced, and it was only the cuts at the end of October that would be based on the figures for this period.

That's what I thought.

I was under the impression that from 01st August the rate would be one of:

Systems up to 4kW (currently 21.0p/25yrs):
Higher: 16.0p/20yrs
Middle: 14.4p/20yrs
Lower: 7.1p/20yrs

4.01 to 10kW (curently 16.8p/25yrs):
Higher: 14.5p/20yrs
Middle: 13.05p/20yrs
Lower: 7.1p/20yrs