About Finn PeacockI'm a Chartered Electrical Engineer, Solar and Energy Efficiency nut, dad, and the founder and CEO of SolarQuotes.com.au. I started SolarQuotes in 2009 and the SolarQuotes blog in 2013 with the belief that it’s more important to be truthful and objective than popular. My last "real job" was working for the CSIRO in their renewable energy division. Since 2009, I’ve helped over 700,000 Aussies get quotes for solar from installers I trust. Read my full bio.
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I am a bit green (otherwise dumb) have a regular quarterly power bill of $900, have heat pump and live rurally with north facing roof with 22 deg pit on iron roof if I was to look at solar panels would I save that much i have been given qote on 16 pannels with 5.1 inverter. Would I save that much more if i had solar hot water and if so would i have to change my hot water cylinder.
I don’t know what state you live in – but if you assume you use all the electricity you generate (which is a big assumption see: http://www.solarquotes.com.au/do-i-get-paid-for-my-solar-energy.html), and pay 28c per kWh then my calculator shows that over 20 years you would save $35,060 giving you a net saving of $23,000 over 20 years. That’s pretty good in my book.
Calculator is here: http://www.solarquotes.com.au/calc5
My house using 3 phases electricity power how can the solar power feed into the grid? Which solar installers provide German, Japan made panels? Please advise
If the 10kW solar panels on my roof generate about 60 times more kWh’s than I use, is there any way that I can credit those kWh’s directly to, say, my children’s accounts, so that my family would get an effective FIT of the daytime (Peak) rate rather than the less-than 10c per kWh (and going down year by year)?
If that were possible, would the standing daily charge cover the cost of the necessary use of the poles and wires, or would some extra fee be applied?
My 2 x 5 kW systems (which were installed almost three years ago) have been generating a total of around 18 MWh (total) per year, and will have paid for themselves during the coming year (was originally receiving 21c FIT, now 17c, and highly likely to be less than 10c very soon)!