Home solar array planning permission.

[Bartyfixedit]

Interesting points. One of my options is to consider doing most of the installation myself and then getting someone with the bits of paper to commission and get the necessary paperwork. I am on holiday at the moment, but when I get back intend to contact some companies to see how they feel about commissioning. I'll let you know.

 

[Stoosal]

had a solar system fitted about eight months ago. If you want to get payment for exporting to the national grid I don’t think you will find any DNO who will allow connection other than via a mcs approved installer, although I think octopus may just have relaxed their mcs certification scheme. Im not fussy about being proved wrong though! DNO tends to limit capacity to about 4kw export by default, any larger and I think it depends on network capacity and it starts to get more expensive to get the right paperwork.

 

[Gromett]

There is nothing stopping you connecting to the grid yourself. In the UK you are allowed to make your own changes to electrics as long as they conform to requirements.

The law changed. You are not allowed to do major works. It is now limited as to what you can do.

Also connecting back to the grid is something you have to be very sure about. If the local DNO turns off power to do maintenance you have to be sure you are not back feeding.

 

[Gromett]

Electrical alterations - Renovating your home - Warwick District Council

Guide to renovating a residential property

www.warwickdc.gov.uk

 

[MisterB]

Octopus have changed their position re solar sign up

I'm hoping that extends to their Intelligent Octopus rates, I am waiting for feedback from one of their accredited EV charger installers

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[EuroTrotters]

Have you got a pool you can heat ?
or underfloor heating you can leave on year around ?

As biggest issue seems to be persuading the local Electricity board to buy your spare power, and even then they will charge you for the privilege and then offer peanuts.

It may be worth exploring the local area to see if there are some cars you could charge.

My brother has a water mill, he also has a number of close neighbours including a hotel and golf club.
He could generate enough power to run 10-15 big old houses (assuming they all had electrical heating and a pool), even at todays silly prices he is not permitted to sell the electricity at a commercial level unless he sets up as a electrical supply company which costs hundreds of thousands of pounds as you have to be a member of OFFWAT etc..
So every day tens of thousands of gallons of water flows through the mill and the power is wasted and all the neighbours pay the local electrical board for power ....

That’s why I’m considering it for Spain. Heats the pool or cools the room to get benefits

 

[Brains]

Why does that not surprise me? A water mill? Hmmmmm. Nice.
Finally sorted the reply with quote

£10k to get an engineer in to measure average waterflow and estimate cost to install a turbine.
A verbal estimate for £130-180,000 for the turbine installation.
(depends on amount of batteries wanted)
To run cables and set up meters to neighbouring houses including golf club and hotel about £5-20k per house
To set up a electrical company and join OFFWATT, £100k plus

Bottom line is it's around quarter of a million quid to set up a local supply company for 10-20 properties.
That is a lot of electricity you need to sell to pay back the costs.

On the other hand, for £1,500 he can buy a German water turbine that produces 5,000W of power, which will do for his house and he can then heat the mill pond with the wasted electricity.

You would almost think that the UK government was discouraging locally produced electricity.