Domestic Solar PV Quotes 2024 - No PM requests - See Mod note post #1

Depends a lot on how much you use. If your using (say) 4000kWh/year, then sure, your going to be exporting a lot during the day likely with a 10kwH battery. But if you were using 8000kWh then you'd want to be careful there with the how much your paying. Without knowing that info, (we) can't really say.

Seems expensive to me.

Pm me details on this please. I've 18 430w panels and a 5kw hybrid inverter looking to add a 10kw battery to the system

Got my first two quotes hoping for people’s opinions.

South facing A2 rated house, A2W heat pump. North Dublin.

Also not sure if a battery is way to go, getting conflicting information?

1st- 8 panel by Bauer (possibly 9) @445 - 356 kwp system

5 kw hybrid inverter ( Huawei) battery ready,

Did not recommend battery.

€7600 for 8 panel system

€8000 if they can get the 9th installed, which will bring it close to 4kwp system

2nd- 10 panels ( 9 definitely) aiko @ 455- 455kwp system

5kw sigen inverter

8kw sigen battery

€11,700

Planning to get at least one more quote.

Thanks for detailed response.

Very helpful

ok to PM you, for who you got yours from?

Not much chance when the below table is considered.

 Micro-generation Support Scheme (MSS)

Doubtful. No point increasing the efficiency of already A rated homes.

I've come to the end of my quote to install journey so popping in a little bit here on how it went in case it helps others decide between roof or ground.

I got two quotes from one of the listed installers on here. 13 panels east-west on the roof (€7,500), or 16 on the ground facing south (€8,780). That price is after the €2100 grant is taken off.

I initially went with the roof option, but when the lads arrived they were concerned that 13 wouldn't actually fit, and to their credit, they could have thrown them up and ran away, but they took their time and went through each option with me and had to come back a week later so lost a days work to make sure I made the right call. I changed to the ground option and am delighted with it.

The ground mount they have uses these "Solar Tubs". A great little idea. It's a big plastic basin that you fill with stone to weigh down and the panels can then clip onto them. So there is no big ugly metal frame or extra costs for foundations etc.

It makes it very easy to move them, or add more too down the line, as you have the array on the ground to simply plug extra panels into.

It's great if you have a poor roof configuration and the space in the garden. The lads landed on at 9 am and had the panels done by 12pm. The Electricians took longer alright but 1 - 1/2 days later I'm all up and running.

I still have to "pretty it up" a bit, it's just too wet and windy at the moment. I will put more stone around them and then top that stone with some nice coloured gravel, and then add a wooden border to make it a nice "feature". But here are some pictures.

The battery and inverter are in the grey shed too, so no need to give up house space.

That was 15 430 w panels, a 5 KW battery, a 5kw Solis hybrid inverter, and a change-over switch (so I can run the house off the battery in a power cut as we get 5-6 a year), but no Eddi as I have Solar tubes doing the hot water.

Groundworks was minimal (may vary with your garden). We were lucky that I had a relatively flat patch of grass right behind the shed. We just rolled out Weedblocker to stop the grass growing around the panels and threw out the tubs. I dug a small 6inch trench with a spade along the kerb to hide the cables from the shed to the fuse box but otherwise that was pretty much it.

If I had a bit more time I might have gotten the stone delivered earlier and had the ground levelled a bit more. But any of the panels that were a little out I just lifted the tub and fired in some stone under it until they were lined up.

Not sure what you consume in a year but coupling an 8kWp system with a 3kWh battery seems useless to me, and that would put me off a company that would recommend such a thing.

18 430w jinko panels and 5kw hybrid inverter. 8300euro. Best quote by some distance from reputable crew. No grant applicable in my case.

Recently got the sig energy system installed on my house. It's brilliant, I love the way it displays the Data. Also got the sig changeover switch aswell. Thankfully I haven't had to use it yet

Apologies if this has been posted before.

Is the Flogas deal good for someone who is not interested in getting in the minutae

link goes here : https://www.flogas.ie/solar-panels/solar-calculator.html

All a con. Headline is 4kWp for €4800 but no matter what you input they propose a 3.2 kWp system for more money

About€500 too expensive at the moment, AND prices are dropping worldwide

Did you go through with this in the end? I am waiting for site survey but haven't committed to anything.

On the first call I got the upsell from the 10 "400w Solar Panels" included in the €4,800 Flogas deal to the 10 "40w Autarco Solar Panels" for an extra 20%.