New Homes (Solar Generation) Bill Shot down.

[resybaby]

Seems the sensible attempt by a politician to get a bill through parliament forcing new builds to have PV compulsory fitted has been binned, despite the clear benifits and Net Zero policies. Talk about yet another missed opportunity to do the right and proper thing.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98yyjlp2zlo

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/re ... cbp-10170/

[Mart]

Such a shame.

Unless I missed it, I couldn't see the counter-argument.

[resybaby]

Think it was, in essence, that several schemes are in place already to encourage uptake. Even though they are not in reality.

Huge oppo missed imv to make a required substantial step change, rather than forever be playing catch up.

"The government has several schemes to support the installation of solar panels. This includes the Energy Company Obligation (ECO), and the Warm Homes: Local Grant and the Warm Homes: Social Funding. Owners of solar panels can also be paid for any surplus electricity they generate from solar panels through the Smart Export Guarantee and there is a zero rate of VAT on residential solar panels. Further assistance will be provided through the proposed Warm Homes Plan, which will provide grants and low interest loans for energy efficiency measures, including solar panels."

[AE-NMidlands]

"The government has several schemes to support the installation of solar panels. This includes the Energy Company Obligation (ECO), and the Warm Homes: Local Grant and the Warm Homes: Social Funding. Owners of solar panels can also be paid for any surplus electricity they generate from solar panels through the Smart Export Guarantee and there is a zero rate of VAT on residential solar panels. Further assistance will be provided through the proposed Warm Homes Plan, which will provide grants and low interest loans for energy efficiency measures, including solar panels."

bullshit baffles brains - so it is mostly just politicians/civil service bluster. SEG is 0.01 p/kwh from some sharky suppliers.
However https://www.gov.uk/government/news/help ... t-to-homes might have some good stuff in it...

[Swwils]

Counter argument to wide scale solar in the UK is the capacity factor.

If only energy was cheap, maybe some kind of spicy rocks that could be used for it.

[Stinsy]

Counter argument to wide scale solar in the UK is the capacity factor.

If only energy was cheap, maybe some kind of spicy rocks that could be used for it.

I'm not normally a conspiracy theorist. However there is no reason for energy to be expensive what with the price of solar panels and the aforementioned knowledge of magic rocks!

There is a lot going on in the UK energy markets that doesn't make sense to me:
- They'd rather pay FF companies vast fortunes to generate power when the wind doesn't blow than pay consumers to use less.
- They'd rather pay wind companies vast fortunes to turn off their turbines when it is windy than pay consumers to use the excess.

[Fintray]

Counter argument to wide scale solar in the UK is the capacity factor.

If only energy was cheap, maybe some kind of spicy rocks that could be used for it.

I'm not normally a conspiracy theorist. However there is no reason for energy to be expensive what with the price of solar panels and the aforementioned knowledge of magic rocks!

There is a lot going on in the UK energy markets that doesn't make sense to me:
- They'd rather pay FF companies vast fortunes to generate power when the wind doesn't blow than pay consumers to use less.
- They'd rather pay wind companies vast fortunes to turn off their turbines when it is windy than pay consumers to use the excess.

I think you missed out the "consumers" after rather in both those sentences Stinsy!

[John_S]

I do wish that people who edit their posts in circumstances like this would add a sentence at the bottom of the post, eg

Edited to add 'consumers'

Otherwise it does not make sense to people reading the post at a later date.

Whilst in this case it is very easy to guess what has happened, there have been instances in the past where an undisclosed correction makes nonsense of several following posts, especially with units correction.

It would be courteous.

Rant over.

[AE-NMidlands]

but it hasn't been edited...
Fintray was pointing out that it should have said
" They'd rather Consumers [i.e. us rather than the utility companies] pay wind companies vast fortunes to turn off their turbines when it is windy than pay consumers to use the excess."

[Stinsy]

Yeah, I missed the idea that it is our money they are using to pay the FF companies to generate at extortionate rates and to pay the turbine owners not to generate...