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For me, the existing panels do not get the morning sun, and while using off-peak, that does not matter, if panels produce say 10 am to 3 pm in winter, and the off-peak is 00:30 am to 05:30 am then the big gap is 3 pm to 00:30 am so panels South-West works well.
If the tariffs change however, and the 00:30 am to 05:30 am off-peak is not longer cheaper to the export payment, then to gain early morning sun would benefit a lot. But as it stands the EV tariff I am on works well for me. So plug in solar is of interest, but no reason to rush out and buy.
As it stands my iboost+ does not really help, it would be more beneficial to have a simple timer, but with solar panels to catch the morning sun, any excess would be directed into my DHW, so the iboost+ would again be beneficial storing the excess solar.
The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2026 comes into force on the same day as plug in solar becomes legal stopping it being fitted on wood, and detailing distances it can protrude from a building, I had assumed since it says (England) not valid in Wales, but reading it says "(3) This Order extends to England and Wales." So I suppose there must be a version in Welsh.
The order also covers all panels not only plug-in on how far they can stick out from the building. This
it seems may not be permitted any more due to how far it sticks out from the building.
And this
it seems not permitted from the 27th August this year.
The "installed" label seems to be likely with most. This
would worry me, seems likely it would take off in the wind. I had considered one on the shed roof, but seems that's now out.
If the tariffs change however, and the 00:30 am to 05:30 am off-peak is not longer cheaper to the export payment, then to gain early morning sun would benefit a lot. But as it stands the EV tariff I am on works well for me. So plug in solar is of interest, but no reason to rush out and buy.
As it stands my iboost+ does not really help, it would be more beneficial to have a simple timer, but with solar panels to catch the morning sun, any excess would be directed into my DHW, so the iboost+ would again be beneficial storing the excess solar.
The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2026 comes into force on the same day as plug in solar becomes legal stopping it being fitted on wood, and detailing distances it can protrude from a building, I had assumed since it says (England) not valid in Wales, but reading it says "(3) This Order extends to England and Wales." So I suppose there must be a version in Welsh.
The order also covers all panels not only plug-in on how far they can stick out from the building. This
it seems may not be permitted any more due to how far it sticks out from the building.And this
The "installed" label seems to be likely with most. This
would worry me, seems likely it would take off in the wind. I had considered one on the shed roof, but seems that's now out.
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