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Electric Ireland has announced on its website that for houses installing solar or other microgeneration after 31st December, they will no longer buy the surplus electricity from them.
This is daft- the 9c export tariff offered so far was already one of the worst in Europe. You will be allowed to "spill" your surplus to the grid, but will no longer be paid for doing so.
Solar photovoltaic panel installation had seen an upturn as the building code forces new houses to produce some renewable energy. Solar panels producing electricity are the most cost effective way of meeting the building code. It’s a win-win situation – the builder got a trouble-free system to tick all the boxes on the renewable energy part of Part L of the building code, the householder got paid for the electricity exported to the grid, and the grid got green energy at a price comparable to electricity from oil or gas.
It is possible to use a number of devices to divert surplus electricity to the immersion heater so you get hot water with your surplus power. It is more ethical to use off-peak power at night to heat your water, and cheaper as well (off peak power was slightly cheaper than the old 9c rate).
However, if you are not going to be paid for electricity exported to the grid, then these devices start to make sense, financially, but not ecologically.
Nothing makes sense about this decision by Electric Ireland
This is daft- the 9c export tariff offered so far was already one of the worst in Europe. You will be allowed to "spill" your surplus to the grid, but will no longer be paid for doing so.
Solar photovoltaic panel installation had seen an upturn as the building code forces new houses to produce some renewable energy. Solar panels producing electricity are the most cost effective way of meeting the building code. It’s a win-win situation – the builder got a trouble-free system to tick all the boxes on the renewable energy part of Part L of the building code, the householder got paid for the electricity exported to the grid, and the grid got green energy at a price comparable to electricity from oil or gas.
It is possible to use a number of devices to divert surplus electricity to the immersion heater so you get hot water with your surplus power. It is more ethical to use off-peak power at night to heat your water, and cheaper as well (off peak power was slightly cheaper than the old 9c rate).
However, if you are not going to be paid for electricity exported to the grid, then these devices start to make sense, financially, but not ecologically.
Nothing makes sense about this decision by Electric Ireland