Domestic Solar PV Quotes 2020

PylonTech 2.4 are in the region of €900-€1k last I checked. Big supply shortages though.

Got 9 panels(3.24kwh) with SAAS in the summer.

A friend is getting panels and it's perfect opportunity to get some more at a reasonable cost while they are down this way.

At 1000 it makes sense to get a battery as well with the 600 grant and 300 extra for more panels.

With 4 extra panels (1.4kw) for 1600 plus battery of 1000 - 900 grant. Equals 1700.

The initial 1800 grant was for 2.5kwh. Would I be able to include the extra 2 panels I've already got into a future equation or has that boat sailed?

I've not costed the bigger inverter with them. We're still just thinking about it

Hi All, Looking at installing Solar PV in coming months and have got some quotes which to me see expensive. I would welcome comment / feed back from those of you who have more knowledge and experience in this area. Or if any of you have installed PV systems that you are happy with , a PM of the company name would be appreciated!

As back round, i have a heat pump in my house which provides all my heating. I currently use my night rate electrical to run the heat pump. Im thinking that the next car I will buy will be EV (probably within the next 12-18 months so also trying to future proof for this. Current electrical usage comes to approx. 9000 kw per year (4000 day & 5000 night)

Also is there much difference between the panel brand, battery brand and inverter brands in terms of reliability?

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Last one is off the charts obviously but the other two are quote close but still seem expensive enough! Both are indicating pay back after approx. 10-11 years.

Thanks!

First of all, the first option makes the most sense. It's all about getting the highest kWp per € while maximizing your available roof space.

There is very little difference overall between panels and inverters.

Now to the financials.

You say that your annual daytime usage is 4000kWh. Even with a big system, you'll maybe average 75%, so saving 3000 x about 0.15c = €450 - €500 per year. I assume that your current whole bill (excluding standing charges and pso) is nowhere even €1000, and you are likely so save very little of your night usage.

You can look at the monthly stats thread to get good "real world" feedback on monthly and annual generation figures.

I have gotten a good quote from a company with two offices, one in Sligo and the other in Dublin. I don't think I am allowed to name them, but I think their location is okay to mention as people often talk about the company from Eniskillen. I know that bullit_dodger has used them, but wondering if anyone else has positive or negative comments as I am inclined to go with them.

In an update to my earlier message, I have gotten replies from companies when I asked about how close they could come to matching the price from SaaS. Some quite snotty, but this company are close to matching it, however, costs are upfront rather than spread over ten years.

My lack of knowledge in how all these pieces go together is showing! I would have thought at this stage in the development of solar tech with a hybrid inverter it would be a case of plugging the battery into a port on the inverter or to cables coming from the inverter. Both of which should be easy enough to do and not require the entire system to be kept on hold. Some rejigging of the system to use the battery rather than export to the grid would be needed too, but nothing stopping the solar generated from being used.

Can I ask (via PM) who you used?

Can anyone in the Roscommon area give me a recommendation for an installer to come and advise/quote me?

Thanks. Yes overall annual bill coming to around €1400-€1500 but that includes PSO etc. I change suppliers every year in Sept. Last years rates from Enegria were cheapest at approx 14cent day and 7 cent night (incl VAT). I just changed earlier this week now as the cheapest i could find is Electric Ireland at 16cent day and 8 cent night approx. so prices only going one way

Thanks. My system would be a split system with 7 panels on south east roof and 7 on the south west roof. I have a chimney on the south west roof so some shading particularly when sun would be due west so might get away with optimisers only on the SW roof. I do plan to change my habits when I get PV...i guess it will just take a bit of time to figure out patterns of when there is enough energy to run appliances such as washing machine and even heat pump during the day.

I want what ever system i go with to have good info available (either via an app or preferably a desk top / laptop version) on what is produced, used, stored on a daily / weekly / month basis so i can figure when is best to run appliances / heat pump.

I was hoping for quotes around eth 7k mark but haven't found any yet!

No, your right generally on the plug and play nature about the panels, inverter and battery.

Sadly while I mentioned "battery" in my post what I should have said was battery and inverter. If it was just the battery that was missing sure, they could have hooked me up and then added the battery later - albeit two separate trips for a spark out to my house. Stock due in early in November as far as I can see on midsummer.co.uk. It's not so much the installer that has the shortage, but with the uptake in solar installations recently and the general semi-conductor shortage there seems to be general shortages across the landscape. (speculation a little on my part that the shortage is semiconductor related) Prices have also risen due to shipping cost increases on containers. I've seen that on everything from solar pieces, to gaming chairs and indeed it maybe the shipping which is causing the delays ... and not semi-conductor shortages.

The math depends on your usage. I wrote an app to calculate it - but again, it very much depends on your specific usage.

Assuming you have 5Kwhr battery and you have 15% losses, and the unit costs above, you will see it return about €200-250. If you consume less than 16.7 units like like do, or your day/night split currently is much different then you might see longer paybacks.

On the whole though (edge cases aside), with grant money I think a 5Kwhr batter is generally something to recommend - but you need to do the math based on your consumption profile. Without grant money, or going DIY battery (which has other emotional rewards), I'd probably pass.

Larger batteries (assuming you can consume the units stored) tend to payback quicker as the kwhr storage/€ is greater.

Hopefully my final post here looking for feedback on quotes. This is what I am inclined to go with at the moment from the Sligo & Dublin based company:

8x 380W Q-Cells Solar PV Panels/Modules

3.6kW Ginlong Solis 4G Inverter

EDDI Smart Immersion

PV Protect / Shunt Switch

AC & DC Isolators, and Cable

Renusol Roof Mounting Kit

Electrical installation, Roof installation

Commissioning of System with Online Monitoring

€5100 before grant. €3310 after grant which brings it pretty close to the €1 per watt.