FIT rates have apparently gone up by 5%. Not had any official statement from EON yet but they should be applicable (for me) from at least 25th April 2011.
The rates change from
generation: 41.3p/kWh to 43.3p/kWh
export: 3p/kWh to 3.1p/kWh
With the agreed assumption of 50% export this gives me a new rate of 44.85p/kWh
26 Apr 2011
Payback issues with suppliers...
I have had no problems with my payments from my supplier EON.
I recently submitted my most recent reading to them. They sent me a mail back the same day saying that my payment might be a little delayed, due to all the bank holidays we're currently having, for one reason or another. As I wasn't expecting anything for some time I was very pleased with this.
A friend of mine who happened to get his installation done just before me, IS having trouble getting his supplier to sort out his paperwork. This means he hasn't received a penny, doesn't even know if they've registered his installation and is now getting the ombudsman involved.
I will try to keep up to date with this on my blog. I wonder if there is a forum for this?? I will investigate.
In fact there seem to be quite a few. I will look at http://www.navitron.org.uk/forum/ which claims to be the 'UK's most popular Renewable Energy Forum'.
I recently submitted my most recent reading to them. They sent me a mail back the same day saying that my payment might be a little delayed, due to all the bank holidays we're currently having, for one reason or another. As I wasn't expecting anything for some time I was very pleased with this.
A friend of mine who happened to get his installation done just before me, IS having trouble getting his supplier to sort out his paperwork. This means he hasn't received a penny, doesn't even know if they've registered his installation and is now getting the ombudsman involved.
I will try to keep up to date with this on my blog. I wonder if there is a forum for this?? I will investigate.
In fact there seem to be quite a few. I will look at http://www.navitron.org.uk/forum/ which claims to be the 'UK's most popular Renewable Energy Forum'.
Replacement webbox on its way.....
Well there's a surprise. SMA have come back very quickly earlier today saying they'd like to replace my unit for another one. I have given them my address and am now waiting.
In my recent contact to SMA I sent them the files that had been stored on the SD card since the initial installation. This has now been uploaded to the Sunny Portal website and my data is now available for the period 12th March - 21st April 2011.
The data presentation is very good and so far easily meets my requirements. Small niggles to get over with the webbox but once it's running well it'll keep going.
In my recent contact to SMA I sent them the files that had been stored on the SD card since the initial installation. This has now been uploaded to the Sunny Portal website and my data is now available for the period 12th March - 21st April 2011.
The data presentation is very good and so far easily meets my requirements. Small niggles to get over with the webbox but once it's running well it'll keep going.
25 Apr 2011
SMA webbox issues
As previously reported the SMA webbox stopped reporting my readings to the internet on the 17th March 2011.
A good friend of mine came round yesterday to help me discover why this was.
The webbox was getting data from the inverter in the loft but did not pass it on. I thought it might be because of the small SD (256mb) card we had installed. This was found to be in error. The card had nearly two months worth of data on it and only took up 1.36mb, nowhere near the card limit. I have now bought a 2Gb card just to have a new one.
It turns out that the webbox is not running a web host so we can not login into it using a web browser. We can ping the box and even start a telnet session, but not get past the login prompt as we didn't have the correct username/password combination. I have sent SMA an email and now waiting for them to get back to me. Not expecting a quick reply to be honest.
When we initially got the box running it was only with the help of my mate, as the instructions seemed to assume I had a IPv6 server. These systems at the moment are generally only found in bigger systems not in a domestic house.
I will keep posting irregular updates as and when new thoughts or events become apparent. Not even sure if this blog is being read by anybody but at least I'm getting data out there.
It was down to the guys in Germany at SMA. They didn't give me the technical answer, but after sending them an email stating my isssue, they said they'd look into it and suddenly my data is back!
A good friend of mine came round yesterday to help me discover why this was.
The webbox was getting data from the inverter in the loft but did not pass it on. I thought it might be because of the small SD (256mb) card we had installed. This was found to be in error. The card had nearly two months worth of data on it and only took up 1.36mb, nowhere near the card limit. I have now bought a 2Gb card just to have a new one.
It turns out that the webbox is not running a web host so we can not login into it using a web browser. We can ping the box and even start a telnet session, but not get past the login prompt as we didn't have the correct username/password combination. I have sent SMA an email and now waiting for them to get back to me. Not expecting a quick reply to be honest.
When we initially got the box running it was only with the help of my mate, as the instructions seemed to assume I had a IPv6 server. These systems at the moment are generally only found in bigger systems not in a domestic house.
I will keep posting irregular updates as and when new thoughts or events become apparent. Not even sure if this blog is being read by anybody but at least I'm getting data out there.
UPDATE - UPDATE - UPDATE - UPDATE - UPDATE
It was down to the guys in Germany at SMA. They didn't give me the technical answer, but after sending them an email stating my isssue, they said they'd look into it and suddenly my data is back!
New meter reading to the electricity company - Pay back in 12.3years
This morning I have submitted the latest reading to EON of 1057.3 kWh.
Since the installation went live on the 19th Oct 2010 this equates to 5.62kWh/day for 188days. The previous readings so far have been
11th Mar 2011 (589.7kWh) gave an average of 4.12kWh/day.
29th Jan 2011 (381.72kWh) gave an average of 3.74kWh/day.
2nd Dec 2010 (198kWh) gave an average of 4.71kWh/day.
If 5.62kWh is applied for the whole year this would equate to 2051.3kWh.
At the previous rate of 42.8p/kWh this gives me £877.95 of money paid to me.
As I initially paid approx £10800 for the system completely installed I will pay off the system in 12.3years at the current rate of return.
The return on investment is approx 8.13% per annum.
This does not take into account any money saved by using energy generated during the day, or any increase in the rates paid to me.
Since the installation went live on the 19th Oct 2010 this equates to 5.62kWh/day for 188days. The previous readings so far have been
11th Mar 2011 (589.7kWh) gave an average of 4.12kWh/day.
29th Jan 2011 (381.72kWh) gave an average of 3.74kWh/day.
2nd Dec 2010 (198kWh) gave an average of 4.71kWh/day.
If 5.62kWh is applied for the whole year this would equate to 2051.3kWh.
At the previous rate of 42.8p/kWh this gives me £877.95 of money paid to me.
As I initially paid approx £10800 for the system completely installed I will pay off the system in 12.3years at the current rate of return.
The return on investment is approx 8.13% per annum.
This does not take into account any money saved by using energy generated during the day, or any increase in the rates paid to me.
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