PV export tariff

corglass

Hey guys,

Does anyone know what the current export tarrif rates are for micro generation across the various providers are?

Online searches are only showing old information regarding electric ireland 9c /kWh which maybe incorrect.

Thanks

KCross

corglass wrote: »

Hey guys,

Does anyone know what the current export tarrif rates are for micro generation across the various providers are?

Online searches are only showing old information regarding electric ireland 9c /kWh which maybe incorrect.

Thanks

There is none.
Electric Ireland were the only ones that provided it and its not open to new entrants.

corglass

Very disappointing...

Anyone here using battery storage?

Ronan Raver77

It's a joke really isn't it!! :mad: Corglass have a search on the forum I think theres a few using batteries. Plenty of PV battery videos on youtube also.

Maybe we should ask more politicians for tariffs?
Cheaper/more productive than 2012 EU Energy Directive fines surely?

corglass

Online petition and issue it to the current Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment is Denis Naughten, TD.

Would enough people vote?

Dardania

In my view, complaining to Irish authorities would be a futile exercise - they'll never admit they're wrong.
complaining to the EU is the direction to go - using some mechanism hopefully embedded in the EU directive or similar. Embarrass the Irish authorities into submission

KCross

Here is the response I got from the Minister when I "petitioned" him to force providers to give a FiT!

Regarding the feed-in-tariff scheme you mentioned, Electric Ireland had been offering a micro-generation feed-in-tariff since February 2009. On 31 December 2014, the scheme closed to new customers but the scheme does remain open to existing customers until December 2016. No other electricity supplier had chosen to provide such a tariff, either to domestic or commercial customers though they have been invited to do so by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER). Responsibility for the regulation of the electricity market is a matter for the CER which is an independent statutory body and would be outside my authority as Minister.


Hand washing at its best!

corglass

Maybe the CER needs to force utilities to accept feed in micro generation at competitive rates as part of their licence?

Contact the CER via letter or petition, that's the question

KCross

corglass wrote: »

Maybe the CER needs to force utilities to accept feed in micro generation at competitive rates as part of their licence?

Contact the CER via letter or petition, that's the question

Yes, that would be the logical conclusion alright however his response said...

No other electricity supplier had chosen to provide such a tariff, either to domestic or commercial customers though they have been invited to do so by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER).

It seems the CER's approach is more "Ah come on lads, please" rather than "do it or else"

A petition to the CER wont do any harm but the FiT that Electric Ireland offered was back in 2011 so the CER has had plenty time to implement a plan and has done absolutely nothing (AFAIK), so I'd say the petition wont go far.

rolion

No electricity supplier wants your free AND unguaranteed AD unreliable AND unpredictable electricity generated by small bunch of Panels.
It does affects the grid in many ways ... how many legacy units should be kept running when you PV panels are barely generates enough to keep the inverter warm for the spiders !??

OP is just pising off in the sun, in the wrong direction,no offence ! Is not a local issue,not a EU issue,is a high & powerful lobby result.

Feed-in tariffs (FITs) in Europe


Get PVs if you want,get a solar diverter for the water, get A+ apliances and adjust / reset your consumptin habit to match (as much as normality dictates) the Sun and your panels outputs.

I have been there ,im sick of it. I have PVs,solar tubes,diverter,appliances,slowly modifying consumption menthality AND installing next week a Aquarea heat pump (and out with the gas).

Have fun...

JonathonS

rolion wrote: »

No electricity supplier wants your free AND unguaranteed AD unreliable AND unpredictable electricity generated by small bunch of Panels.
It does affects the grid in many ways ... how many legacy units should be kept running when you PV panels are barely generates enough to keep the inverter warm for the spiders !??

Precisely. FITs possibly made sense to kick-start the first installations, other than that there is no business case for them.