Solar PV FIT

saibhne

Hi,
Does anyone here with a grid connected solar pv system have any experience of receiving the FIT payment from their electricity supplier? Just wondering if there is any historical data on how much people are getting back and if the utilities are honouring their payments?

Thanks!

S.

fclauson

Electric Ireland are the only people who pay - and I am looking forward to a could of hundred euro in November
https://www.electricireland.ie/ei/residential/price-plans/micro-generation-scheme.jsp

freddyuk

Yes they do pay. They credit you after one year and a billing period so 14 months in effect. The amount you get is based on your total export and this should be stored in your meter. They (EL) do not provide the calculations just the amount of credit so if you want to check their figures you need to keep a record of your export from billing date to billing date.
So the amount you get back will depend on the size of your array and the amount you have not used on site.

saibhne

Thanks guys, good to hear some actual money being made. fclauson I read your blog on the trans-seasonal payment for a heat pump, where the summer generation from the PV array pays for the electricity used by a heat pump in winter. - Interesting to see how this pans out over this winter - Keep us posted!

S.

fclauson

saibhne wrote: »

Thanks guys, good to hear some actual money being made. fclauson I read your blog on the trans-seasonal payment for a heat pump, where the summer generation from the PV array pays for the electricity used by a heat pump in winter. - Interesting to see how this pans out over this winter - Keep us posted!

S.

10 months in (started in Nov)
3800Kw produced
HP has used 1680 hrs @ 2.somthing Kwh so that around 3500 kwh so in theory I am in credit if only the ESB let my purchase my Kwh a the same price I sell them

in any event building will run at close to zero costs for heating/hot water

fclauson

just looked for today

8Kwhr used by HP - and 12Kw produced by PV

gman2k

fclauson wrote: »

just looked for today

8Kwhr used by HP - and 12Kw produced by PV

Francis, how large is your PV array?

fclauson

gman2k wrote: »

Francis, how large is your PV array?

16 @250pw = 3600 pw

MicktheMan

fclauson wrote: »

16 @250pw = 3600 pw

After 10 months, do you have any insight on how the system is performing versus expectations (model)?

fclauson

we are using more energy for h/w than planned but there have been some challenges here
1) - the other three are not the same sex as me !!
2) distribution loss - out kitchen is about 25M from the tank and the re-circ pump needs to be better controlled/timed to optimise wastage

other than that we are ahead on the PHPP model - then again the second half on the summer really made up for the cold spring

Heating has not been on since may and I am hoping will hardly be on until mid oct - so that's better than planned

MicktheMan

Sorry, I meant the pv array.

fclauson

About on plan - array is planed to produce 4200Kwh by Nov and it has produced 3890 todate from last nov

quentingargan

fclauson wrote: »

10 months in (started in Nov)
3800Kw produced

That's an impressive yield. If you have a 4kw system, the simulations would have suggested 3600 KwHrs / Yr., so you're running ahead of projections. Good summer though.

hexosan

fclauson wrote: »

16 @250pw = 3600 pw

Can I ask ballpark how much a system that size costs.

fclauson

not to be unhelpful please go and get you own system priced - - I purchased a year ago and I know prices have moved since then