Rules and Guidelines
Want to participate in the discussions? Please read our Community Rules and Guidelines. Need some help? Visit Support and Answers.

  • State Not Answered
  • Locked Locked
  • Replies 13 replies
  • Subscribers 32 subscribers
  • Views 1052 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
You may also be interested in
This discussion has been locked.
You can no longer post new replies to this discussion. If you have a question you can start a new discussion

Electricity Use With Solar Panels

AncientMariner
I have just been asked about solar panels in a domestic environment and not wanting to guess and likely get it wrong, thought best to ask here.


With solar panels are you paid for what you generate in total, ie the output from the inverter? Or are you paid for the net amount that you actually export ie the difference between the inverter output and whatever is being used in the property?  


Thanks.

Clive



Parents
  • 0
    Andy,

    So am I correct in thinking that the kWh generated is from a seperate meter measuring the output of the inverter?  And for export, if a deemed figure was NOT used, then there would be another meter looking at the kWH flowing into the external network after any home usage?  Would that be the same as the main supply meter in effect running backwards, so that unused power at home gives a refund?


    The person who has asked me is thinking of installing panels on the roof of a building - which has its own supply meter  - where there is normally very little daytime electricity usage, thus most of the time 100% or near would be exported.


    Thanks

    Clive
Reply
  • 0
    Andy,

    So am I correct in thinking that the kWh generated is from a seperate meter measuring the output of the inverter?  And for export, if a deemed figure was NOT used, then there would be another meter looking at the kWH flowing into the external network after any home usage?  Would that be the same as the main supply meter in effect running backwards, so that unused power at home gives a refund?


    The person who has asked me is thinking of installing panels on the roof of a building - which has its own supply meter  - where there is normally very little daytime electricity usage, thus most of the time 100% or near would be exported.


    Thanks

    Clive
Children
No Data

Community Rules & Guidelines