Solar for all
Solar for all
Release: Doubling rooftop solar to reduce bills & emissions
This is a fantastic initiative. Hopefully all parties subscribe to this.
It's win win for all involved. Only power companies would be against this.
Don't really know the specific ins and outs of different policys and all that, but really want solar to become more main stream, and with that, hopefully bring the prices down a bit.
Very keen to get some solar in the near future, and would love for some friendlier prices :)
The one to watch is the buyback rate, or what the power company will buy power off you for. Unless you're using a lot of power during the day, this is typically what makes solar not worthwhile.
The real problem is the daily charge. If the buyback is close enough to the purchase price you can make your night time (off peak) costs balance your generated income. When you have a high daily rate you have make up that difference before you can break even. I just switched to a provider with a bigger buyback/purchase difference but lower daily and will come out ahead because of that. Got tired of sending 2x more kWh to the grid than receiving and still ending up in debit.
Hopefully if they mandate for it. They will invest in solar and that should bring the price down for all. Only time will tell though
Just saw this on the Aussie community and I'd thought I'd add it for some food for thought as it doesn't directly relate to NZ:
Rooftop solar eats up all demand in South Australia, world’s most renewable grid
The Aussies clearly love solar and I wish more people here would get behind it.
Putting solar panels on the roof of a building that is empty during the day, and in use at night is exactly the type of thinking I'd expect from Labour.
We should be putting it on the roofs of businesses, because they're there during the day
The policy says the rebate is for a battery as well. However I prefer the Greens policy that goes even further than Labour's.
And let's be honest, we already know the power companies and businesses do not pass on savings to the consumer and will just keep it all to boost profits. I would much rather solar directly benefits households, no matter how little it may be.
Grid tied solar doesn't care if your home is empty while collecting sunlight. The grid will carry the power to areas of demand.
I put solar in. It dropped my power bill about 40%.
Why you always argue we shouldn't do good things because it's not perfect is beyond me.
Solar on houses is good. Solar on houses and businesses is better. But just because the latter isn't happening right now is no reason to not do the former.