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    Massive Hike in MCS Fees - Announced Today

    My summary: Going up from £15 to £35 per install Annual fees reducing from £110 to £55 Can only stockpile a few credits in advance. (I just tried to buy loads at the lower price - it's blocked). Installers out of pocket if they do more than 3 installs per year ! Microgeneration...
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    Baywa r.e. Closing UK Office

    Signs of the times... From now until the end of July, all novotegra mounting solution products will be available at discounted rates for BayWa r.e. Solar Systems customers. All stock has been reduced to the best possible price; any excess stock will be returned to our German head offices...
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    Segen - Solar Equity Release

    Anyone else being pursued by "Rainmaker" to get customers to sign up to swap their FiT for a lump sum? See attached documentation. I like the way they say that if I con my customer, I can make more commission!
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    Electrician Jobs Thermal Lead - Brecon

    I have a commercial solar thermal lead in Brecon Beacons, Wales. The brief is as follows: Hot and cold feed to bathroom and kitchen together with waste disposal pipework. Santon Premier Plus Cylinder 210 ltr Twincoil for solar, Solar Panel kit consisting of: - 2 solar panels (=2.67m² per...
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    Mounting Solution for Kingspan KS1000LP

    Anyone installed on Kingspan KS1000LP lo-pitch roof? http://images6.kingspanpanels.co.uk/file/asset/12576/original/UK_R_LP_Lo-Pitch_Product_Data_Sheet.pdf Kingspan are quoting just over £1500 for a 28 panel system using their own mounting kit. Seems rather pricey to me. Any alternatives?
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    Cheap Chinese Inverters

    Quiz Time: Which brand is getting slated here by Baywa? Which budget inverter should I choose? We only ever installed one of these ourselves. Didn't really like them. Have replaced several though for customers of other installers. Kudos to the first correct answer...
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    SunEdison

    I received an email from Solartradesales offering SunEdison 335 & 340w panels. Never used them before. Price looked interesting so I did some research. First hit: SunEdison To File for Bankruptcy As Early As Sunday Night - Fortune
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    Anyone Recognise Mounting Kit?

    Does anyone recognise this clamp? We've been called out to sort out a job where the installer's apparently gone bust and disappeared after fitting the rails and left a pallet-load of panels on a customer's patio. There's no scaffold - they did it from ladders - but now it's snowing. They seem...
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    Supply Chain Disappearing Suppliers

    I thought it might be good to run a thread on the inevitable changes within the supply chain as the industry contracts. Some distributors are going to bite the dust so here's a space to share news. Hopefully none of us will end up paying in advance for kit and finding out a supplier has gone...
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    Wattson - Energeno

    Following a thread in the Main Section started by Dansk, I thought I'd share that I've heard rumours that Energeno - the parent company of Wattson and Optimmersion - are struggling financially. I don't know if they are officially bankrupt / in liquidation or whatever, but I've noticed their...
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    Opinions on this Job

    Can anyone spot the schoolboy howler? It looks like the rows are equally spaced. I wonder what impact this would have on performance? I'm not sure I'd be promoting this job on my website. It's especially ironic considering the client - aren't they supposed to be the fount of all wisdom in this...
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    FIT cut for July 1st

    From Segen Portal: Installation figures released by DECC this morning would suggest another 3.5% digression in the FIT on July 1st. According to the DECC installation figures released this morning the total installations in the Jan - Mar 2015 period for the 0 - 10kW band were 103MWp which...
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    Conservatives omit solar from 2015 manifesto

    The Conservative Party has omitted solar from its 2015 election manifesto and pledged to stop support for other renewable energies, prompting criticism from industry and environmental groups.... Conservatives omit solar from 2015 manifesto | Solar Power Portal
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    2 Distributor Takeovers Announced

    Baywa takeover Metgen. Segen takeover Zenex. We've bought from all four of these suppliers in the past few months. Metgen could operate as Baywa's warehouse in the south but it's a bit too far south to be perfectly located. I guess Segen want to get into a bit of 'field sales' to go...
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    Solar Panel Installer Dies After Falling Through Roof

    Tragic and unnecessary... http://www.installeronline.co.uk/solar-panel-installer-dies-falling-roof/
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    Yougen Misinformation

    What a load of rubbish. These guys don't seem to understand the way FiTs work. (Apparently Chris teaches at Oxford Uni). No mention of the 50% deemed export. "So why are people so keen at the moment? Chris: I think it’s pretty clearly driven by the low price householders get from exporting...
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    Final Score...

    ... Polys 2 - Monos 6 Amazing scenes this lunchtime in Yorkshire !! I just had to stop the car and take a photo. There were no optimisers or micros on the rails but plenty of dangling cables. I wonder what the householder was quoted for. Why not fit some more to the left of the chimney? No...
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    It was Christmas Eve morning....

    Here’s a little story which links nicely to a thread in the main forum: http://www.electriciansforums.co.uk/photovoltaic-solar-panels-forum/98449-solar-panel-circuit-mcb-size-4.html#post1051091 It was Christmas Eve morning and I was all packed ready to go to visit the family down south. My...
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    Public Consultation on new PV guidelines

    So, there's now another 138 page draft document out for public consultation with responses due in by 7th November. You can read the article on SPP website, click through to the IET website, add your details and access the pdf. I haven't read the whole document yet but it seems very...
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    Thermal Lead - Fareham near Portsmouth

    As above - does anyone on here cover that area? The client is looking at kit from Barilla Solar...

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