I am going to be getting solar installed shortly after umming and ahhing for a couple of years. Although feed in tarrifs have dropped to unattractive records, the price of solar equipment and installs has also dropped to keep people interested.
As it may interest some members, I will post up what I am getting as soon as I have confirmed it and will post up some photos when its done.
It will be a minimum 5kw system and likely bigger. I am not one of those people that sits there and calculates payback times, I consider the money spent an investment as it ads value to my home. How much bigger than 5kw I dont yet know, I also have to find out just how big I could go due to roof space. Its sun all day with no shade which is great.
For those not up with tariffs, in Victoria the feed in tariff is now only 8 cents. So during the day when you are producing power, any you dont use feeds in to the grid and you are paid 8 cents for each kw you feed in. Although this isnt much, with new smart metering there are a number of peak, off peak and shoulder tarrifs meaning you can pay only 12 cents a kw off peak when you are buying it back. Based on that, for every 3 I give them during the day, I can take back 2 at night at no cost.
I have made some initial enquiries and have already decided what company I am using (pending them being able to supply equipment of my "approved" list) but wont be be doing anymore till Monday.
Will keep you posted
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