See Ryan is coming out with some bold plan/predictions about solar energy in the news again.
Just wondering what people's experiences with solar panels are on here or alternative power sources. What's the grants available and realistic costs? Can you actually sell electricity back to grid?
Where can we go with this in future and what are the limits to what you can install?
E.g say a small farmer with slatted shed's close to house, assuming costs weren't an issue, what's to stop him covering the outhouse sheds' roofs with solar panels and the dwelling house and garage too and putting up a few small wind turbines. Obviously wind turbines might be more costly and planning more tricky but could he realistically recover costs and possibly make money on the panels over 10yr period?
Just wondering what people's experiences with solar panels are on here or alternative power sources. What's the grants available and realistic costs? Can you actually sell electricity back to grid?
Where can we go with this in future and what are the limits to what you can install?
E.g say a small farmer with slatted shed's close to house, assuming costs weren't an issue, what's to stop him covering the outhouse sheds' roofs with solar panels and the dwelling house and garage too and putting up a few small wind turbines. Obviously wind turbines might be more costly and planning more tricky but could he realistically recover costs and possibly make money on the panels over 10yr period?