pv power, what have I missed?

[JohnW2]

I would say that it could actually make the situation worse. At least if you pay for the equipment and after 5 years find that the FIT scheme has collapsed and it's doing you no good whatsoever you have the option of cutting your losses and selling the equipment on, perhaps to somebody on a smallholding out in the sticks not connected to the grid. With the "free" third party schemes, you may not lose the installation costs, but you're stuck with a long-term contract where the company is renting space from you. If you do want to sell, you'll either need to try and convince the buyer to take it all over, or probably end up paying a huge amount to get out of the original contract term.

Maybe - but if the FIT vanished, so would the income of the third party, and hence probably the third party themselves. Even if they did survive, I imagine that they would have little interest in continuing to rent 'space' which was generating no return for them.

Whatever, I think there are so many other reasons for not 'investing in' pv that this is almost moot!

Kind Regards, John.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Well, I'm glad to see a moderator has deleted the completely unwarranted outburst using the most foul language which was posted earlier.

Not unwarranted at all - I stand by every word, and the OP deserved every single one of them.

But, of course, one isn't allowed here to say what needs to be said about those who would rather see old people die than miss out on making some money.

 

[bernardgreen]

I wonder how long it will be before people connected with FIT will be paid to NOT produce electricity into the grid.

Seems daft but read this

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/en...id-1.2-million-to-produce-no-electricity.html

 

[EFLImpudence]

I despair.

That may mean we will have to pay the companies building off-shore wind farms to stop production plus the (estimated) £38,000,000 rent per annum to the Queen for "owning the seabed".