(13-08-2023, 07:45 PM)king1 Wrote: I quite like it too, how far will 6000 go towards a solar setup?Most of the cost of a 3kW installation, provided the building's physical characteristics are straightforward, which is an appropriate size for the average dwelling's electricity consumption.
(13-08-2023, 08:57 PM)C_T_Russell Wrote: Aussie has done it for years now, a bit tempting, but the big drawback is the power companies don't give you much for your units you put into the grid like they do in Australia.Solar has become so popular in Aussie that installations their have to be controllable by the lines company so that they can be throttled back during peak daylight hours to protect the grid infrastructure.
So far as the low feed in tariff (FIT) offered by most companies here is concerned this is a result of the privatisation of the previously state owned gen-retailers protecting their shareholders' dividends. It also distorts the benefits to the total grid's generation capacity as low returns for domestic power generation incentivises PV owners to consume the maximum percentage of their output thereby denying it to the wider public. The end result of that scenario is that going totally off grid becomes increasingly attractive to PV owners as the economic return of exporting it to the grid becomes a decreasingly viable option.
We have just increased our PV capacity to the extent that off grid is within reach and if V2G functionality was readily available we'd probably jump at the opportunity by using the storage capacity of our EVs.