adding more pv panels

[sherbert]

I have a customer who wants to add to his 10kWp system we installed 3 months ago. If I add say 20kWp to give a total of 30kWp how will his feed in tariff be calculated?
Anybody got any ideas?
thanks,

Simon

 

[murray.treece]

If his new total installation is one installation and totals over the next tariff band - I think his whole installation drops to the new level at the current rates.

I think they closed off the ability to expand later when they did the original >50kWp cuts last summer.

Regards.

 

[sherbert]

Thought it might be calculated by 10kWp paid at the old <50kWp rate and 20kWp paid at the new <50kWp rate. Otherwise the customer will get less money than he does now with just the 10Kwp. Not sure where to get the answer

 

[Grumpy]

You could ask whoever's paying the FIT's.

 

[danesol]

I have a customer who wants to add to his 10kWp system we installed 3 months ago. If I add say 20kWp to give a total of 30kWp how will his feed in tariff be calculated?
Anybody got any ideas?
thanks,

Simon

I was led to believe this is a really grey area, but if adding to an existing PV Install, you use the lot, could be different for commercial which this install must be.

If I was you I would consider bringing a new supply onto the premises into another outbuilding and treating it as a separate premise on a "small business park" ??

However should this be feesable and the tariff legal case not be won, this maybe a non starter from the beginning ?

 

[sherbert]

Hadn't thought about a new supply withiin the building. That may be possible. They had asked me to consider a new supply to the field behind for a little solar farm but the new rates make this unattractive hence the consideration of adding to their system which may be ground mount in the field anyway.
thanks