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Latest on REFIT tariffs ?

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  • 19-03-2015 1:11pm
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    bijapos
    Registered Users Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭


    Hi

    Can anybody point me in the direction of where I could find the latest prices and policy on REFIT tariffs for small micro-generation.

    We have a commercial operation in the Midlands and are looking at solar and/or micro wind generation on site (isolated site so no issues with neighbours).

    I've checked the SEAI site but it seems to be all over the shop at the moment. We are in the process of pricing stuff up for installation, we will probably be producing excess and want to get a rough idea of tariffs etc if any are available, or do we just dump excess into the grid. We can't go off grid completley.

    I'll be ringing the SEAI in the next week or two, but I wouldn't mind doing a bit of research and reading in advance.

    Thanks for any advice.


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    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users Posts: 24,552 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    There's no REFIt for microgeneration at the minute. I don't expect anything in the White Paper in September either.

    Electric Ireland pay for the export of electricity to the grid by domestic customers but I don't know of anything for microgeneration for commerial customers.


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    Down South
    Registered Users Posts: 333 ✭✭Down South


    I think they've stopped paying for domestic recently


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    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users Posts: 24,552 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Yes, the scheme was closed to new customers as of 31/12/2014.


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    freddyuk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭freddyuk


    Got my ESB/IE credit today which is way more than one bill but they still have the rest of the credit for 2 months unless I claim it back. Maybe if more had signed up it would have been kept going not scrapped.
    So I am happy my bills are going down as usage is 8 units per day down from average 13 before I installed PV. (and we still have the oven).
    Not much longer before I lose this "deal" and have to give all surplus production back to the grid system for free. However new on site water heating system will ensure I get maximum benefit from my investment and only the power I cannot use/store will be returned to the grid for free.


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    quentingargan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭quentingargan


    Commercial customers never had a REFIT. If you are looking at a large system, you can still negotiate a price with the various utilities, but it would be much lower than the 9c that had been on offer.

    Some installations are using products like IMMERSUN to dump their surplus production into water heating - at least on a domestic level. If you have some discretionary loads, like heating, that are required, then that can be used to reduce or eliminate your surplus. That could work well with heating for example off your wind, but it would only be displacing the cost of oil or gas, which is a lot cheaper per kwhr than electricity.


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