Changes to FIT coming sooner that we thought!

[CES Heating]

Ive had very little interest in heat pumps seeing as the powers that be haven't yet decided if Air source will be included in the RHI, Solar thermal is a non starter and now Solar PV has been hit. MCS is surely nearing the end of the road?

 

[Tiberius]

Is it really going to be this bad. I'm doing my heat pump assessment on the 24th November and was looking at a solar assessment in the new year. Will it knock the stuffing out of the solar market that badly?

How popular is that at the moment? I know Solar hot water isnt recommended as you have to have an immersion to boost the temp.

 

[phase1]

I chose my installer after reading informed comments by a Valued Member on this forum.Chris and Dave were truly excellent in all the work they did.Everyone who has seen the installation is impressed with the appearance and workmanship.I'm very sorry if small firms like this are forced to close as a result of the lower tariff. On the other hand, it's a classic govenment ploy to leak horrendous figures like this, and when the actual rate is decided it may not be quite so bad, and we'll all feel grateful..I do hope so, for the sake of all the honest, hard working guys who make up the majority of this industry

 

[sbrown2]

Reading some theories in other areas. These being:

1) The FITs where never going to last 8% ROI,
2) Companies won't go out of business by the boat load, they will become more efficient and prices will lower enticing more people to have a install,
3) Lots of land is being released for affordable housing and renewables will be massively important.


I've got another job but I am being positive there is still a, potential, massive market in renewables. Its about staying in the business for now.

 

[finchy]

I actual don't think its over, I have invested a lot of time into developing this side of our business. For sure it changes the business model, but you have to adapt. What angers me are all the cowboys, who use Easy MSc and the likes to just frankly skim the market.
I have done secret shoppers on other installers to see what the competitions up to; it’s shocking what turns up. Ex-window sales men or actual window sales men, all the chat no survey just sales, nothing about my energy needs, draw my roof on a scrap of paper then say yep 17 panels (235W). I hope they leave this industry as quickly as they turned up.

Its right Solar PV should form part of holistic energy efficiency of a home, we actual monitor consumption on our survey and offer advice on how to lower energy.
What’s wrong is for the Government not to have a longer change over period, they should stop the Free solar outfits straight away.

 

[solarfred]

Just spotted this in the FT -

Subsidy deadline looms for solar investors - FT.com

 

[BillyH]

"What angers me are all the cowboys, who use Easy MSc and the likes to just frankly skim the market"

If you get accreditation then you get it.What you do with it is up to you.Easy MCS only help you .They don't do it for you

 

[SolarCity]

I've been racing around like a headless chicken all day and I've been bombarded with emails from worried customers. We've set up a 40 day plan which will be thrown completely off skew by nothing more than a few days of heavy wind and rain - in November.

If Greg Barker could take a look at how his messing around is affecting us all he would be ashamed. Tory governments have never had any idea how to treat initiative and innovative tradesmen and they've screwed us all once again. Meanwhile, Tube Train drivers are earning 45k a year for riding around on their giant train sets, billions of pounds are being spent on Velodromes, Kayaking rivers and Beach Volley courts that no one will ever use and a giant stadium is being built in London that no one wants.

 

[Easters]

I feel that all the good trades men have been let down....... Good luck monday I think alot of good installers will go bust.

 

[furrypants]

I hope for the PV industry sake that this has been leaked on purpose to gauge the response and that the fits will not be this low. Fingers crossed.