jomukuk wrote:
I'd also like to point-out that the power generated only feeds the local area, since it cannot be fed into the national grid...
...i am glad that somebody else appreciates this, as i have asked many people but nobody has been able to explain exactly where your FIT goes!
AFAIAA, it can't get past your local sub-station because a transformer doesn't work that way. I don't know how large an area a typical sub-station covers, but i don't think that it is a lot. Additionally, there are normally three phases coming out of a sub-station, so at best you would only be feeding into a third of your local "subnet".
Finally, as the sun shines during the day, most of the FIT would be produced when everybody was at work, so unless someone on the same phase and on your local subnet happened to switch their kettle on at that moment in time, those electrons that cost FOUR TIMES THE LIST PRICE (never mind the wholesale price) are just heating up the wires underground!!!!!!
Solar PV - just a passing phase
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