Germany has passed started implementing some policies “…*to achieve a nearly 100-percent renewable power supply by 2035*” and this seems to be extrapolated to mean that “*Solar Explodes Everywhere In Europe*”. Strange reasoning…
The fact that renewables have become so efficient is literally the miracle we needed to help tackle climate change. We should be throwing trillions at it ASAP, instead we get moronic leaders who advocate against it. Madness.
Solar should be legally mandated on every new build house roof and commercial roof. They are so good now, and they don’t have to point just in a south facing direction.
We do not have to use farmland or vacant land for solar.
All homes should have Solar panels on their roofs. The only problem is in the UK we don’t have much sun all year around!
Anecdotally its a six month wait to get solar installed…
Demand for residential PV systems in the UK has exploded though.
I live within four miles of three large solar farms in Kent with a fourth planned. There’s opposition everytime but they usually happen. Cleve Hill near Faversham will be the biggest in the UK.
Anyhow, turn this article on its head. We have more installed offshore wind capacity than anyone else and growing fast. Play to your strengths.
If a government wanted to, could they establish a state-owned Solar/Wind/Tidal energy ‘company’ in competition with the established fossil-fuel companies?
Are there any barriers to doing that, outside of losing donor support etc?
Well if the EU say it’s a good idea and are clamouring for it then obviously our lot will do everything they can to steer clear.
I want solar panels and pylontech batteries, told there’s a 3-6 month wait. Enquired about powerwall, could be 18 months. Demand is there, supply isn’t.
There was a solar farm on my local council planning portal.
There was also a community action group opposing it.
The comments were around 160 NIMBYs saying it would spoil the view (we live on the edge of the peaks, just look in literally any other direction and there is another beautiful view) and 1 comment in support of it (mine).
Fucking disgrace.
Can’t put solar panels on your roof if you don’t own your home.
Been checking solar out today. Right now the cost of solar for my modest house is between 7k and 10k. According to what I read about it I’d save 11k over 25 years. Any excess energy could be bought off me for the princely some of roughly £80 per year.
The price of domestic PV panels has shot up in the last few months. EON quoted me £5.5K in March but I didn’t pull the trigger. Now they’re quoting almost £9K for the same system.
Am a solar installer and I beg to differ. We have never been so busy. Domestic, commercial. It’s just bananas at the moment.
Solar should be on roofs not agricultural land. Plus it is nothing like as reliable as tidal, wave, hydro etc. etc. Making electricity is easy but capitalism wants to have a monopoly instead of a diversity of microgeneration sources which would require re-nationalising the National Grid and is not as easy to financialise.
Having said that I want solar canopies over carparks… electricity direct into car charging points and being able to put the shopping in the car without getting wet. Good idea for cycle tracks too … but it is an appalling waste of agricultural land.
Solar parks remind me of Colditz…. surrounded by 8′ high deer fences, topped with security cameras. They also produce a constant loud hum from the inverters and flammable batteries which if they burst into flames, produce toxic gas, contaminate the land and take days to put out because they generate their own O2. That pretty photo does not represent the reality.
The only reason the UK are not “doing renewables” is that ALL the politicians are profiting from fossil fuels.
If it’s not shares, board seats, consultancies it’s friends and families or said politician doing the same. They all make money from making sure renewables fail badly.
Why does conflict of interest not cover destroying our literal planet for profit? When can these evil criminals stop raping our planet and just die already?
I bought the new.solar that uses both the light from the sun plus heat to generate electricity, my bill last month in a house of 4 was £90. They pay for themselves over the years and I’m sure the government does grants.for it, its well worth investing in it if you can.
I recently bought a new build home
Not only does it not come with solar panels (which would seem like an obvious way to improve our energy situation – putting solar on every new house), it didn’t have an option for me to add them myself and pay for them as part of the build process (when it would be cheaper since the house is already being worked on, has scaffolding, the electrician is able to work with open walls etc)
And not even just that, but I’m not even allowed to put solar panels on the fucking thing for 5 years, due to a restrictive covenant from the developer
Madness
I don’t think this is true.
I’m having solar installed now and I have a 2019 I didn’t go with to compare . It’s £4-£6k more now and last time I had 7 quotes this time I’ve been lucky to get 2 companies to get back to me because they’re all so busy they’re staying they’re not accepting new customers. Many companies just flat out saying they won’t change their prices because they’re not sort of queues too
We’d benefit from windfarms in the UK specifically the off shore kind.
But they get campaigned against by retirees and boomers living in the coast because “ItS sPoIliNg mAh vIEW!”
So damn foolish of the UK not to embrace solar energy.
Fuck golf courses too actually. Complete wastes of land and water
Funny, there’s an article on the BBC this morning saying demand in the UK for solar has exploded too.
The reason for the lack of demand for solar energy in the UK is because the Tories want us to gather around a candle. This way they can conserve the wealth of the nation for those that desperately need it……… the rich.
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The land of perpetual cloud….
Germany has passed started implementing some policies “…*to achieve a nearly 100-percent renewable power supply by 2035*” and this seems to be extrapolated to mean that “*Solar Explodes Everywhere In Europe*”. Strange reasoning…
The fact that renewables have become so efficient is literally the miracle we needed to help tackle climate change. We should be throwing trillions at it ASAP, instead we get moronic leaders who advocate against it. Madness.
Solar should be legally mandated on every new build house roof and commercial roof. They are so good now, and they don’t have to point just in a south facing direction.
We do not have to use farmland or vacant land for solar.
All homes should have Solar panels on their roofs. The only problem is in the UK we don’t have much sun all year around!
Anecdotally its a six month wait to get solar installed…
Demand for residential PV systems in the UK has exploded though.
I live within four miles of three large solar farms in Kent with a fourth planned. There’s opposition everytime but they usually happen. Cleve Hill near Faversham will be the biggest in the UK.
Anyhow, turn this article on its head. We have more installed offshore wind capacity than anyone else and growing fast. Play to your strengths.
If a government wanted to, could they establish a state-owned Solar/Wind/Tidal energy ‘company’ in competition with the established fossil-fuel companies?
Are there any barriers to doing that, outside of losing donor support etc?
Well if the EU say it’s a good idea and are clamouring for it then obviously our lot will do everything they can to steer clear.
I want solar panels and pylontech batteries, told there’s a 3-6 month wait. Enquired about powerwall, could be 18 months. Demand is there, supply isn’t.
There was a solar farm on my local council planning portal.
There was also a community action group opposing it.
The comments were around 160 NIMBYs saying it would spoil the view (we live on the edge of the peaks, just look in literally any other direction and there is another beautiful view) and 1 comment in support of it (mine).
Fucking disgrace.
Can’t put solar panels on your roof if you don’t own your home.
Been checking solar out today. Right now the cost of solar for my modest house is between 7k and 10k. According to what I read about it I’d save 11k over 25 years. Any excess energy could be bought off me for the princely some of roughly £80 per year.
The price of domestic PV panels has shot up in the last few months. EON quoted me £5.5K in March but I didn’t pull the trigger. Now they’re quoting almost £9K for the same system.
Am a solar installer and I beg to differ. We have never been so busy. Domestic, commercial. It’s just bananas at the moment.
Solar should be on roofs not agricultural land. Plus it is nothing like as reliable as tidal, wave, hydro etc. etc. Making electricity is easy but capitalism wants to have a monopoly instead of a diversity of microgeneration sources which would require re-nationalising the National Grid and is not as easy to financialise.
Having said that I want solar canopies over carparks… electricity direct into car charging points and being able to put the shopping in the car without getting wet. Good idea for cycle tracks too … but it is an appalling waste of agricultural land.
Solar parks remind me of Colditz…. surrounded by 8′ high deer fences, topped with security cameras. They also produce a constant loud hum from the inverters and flammable batteries which if they burst into flames, produce toxic gas, contaminate the land and take days to put out because they generate their own O2. That pretty photo does not represent the reality.
The only reason the UK are not “doing renewables” is that ALL the politicians are profiting from fossil fuels.
If it’s not shares, board seats, consultancies it’s friends and families or said politician doing the same. They all make money from making sure renewables fail badly.
Why does conflict of interest not cover destroying our literal planet for profit? When can these evil criminals stop raping our planet and just die already?
I bought the new.solar that uses both the light from the sun plus heat to generate electricity, my bill last month in a house of 4 was £90. They pay for themselves over the years and I’m sure the government does grants.for it, its well worth investing in it if you can.
I recently bought a new build home
Not only does it not come with solar panels (which would seem like an obvious way to improve our energy situation – putting solar on every new house), it didn’t have an option for me to add them myself and pay for them as part of the build process (when it would be cheaper since the house is already being worked on, has scaffolding, the electrician is able to work with open walls etc)
And not even just that, but I’m not even allowed to put solar panels on the fucking thing for 5 years, due to a restrictive covenant from the developer
Madness
I don’t think this is true.
I’m having solar installed now and I have a 2019 I didn’t go with to compare . It’s £4-£6k more now and last time I had 7 quotes this time I’ve been lucky to get 2 companies to get back to me because they’re all so busy they’re staying they’re not accepting new customers. Many companies just flat out saying they won’t change their prices because they’re not sort of queues too
We’d benefit from windfarms in the UK specifically the off shore kind.
But they get campaigned against by retirees and boomers living in the coast because “ItS sPoIliNg mAh vIEW!”
So damn foolish of the UK not to embrace solar energy.
Fuck golf courses too actually. Complete wastes of land and water
Funny, there’s an article on the BBC this morning saying demand in the UK for solar has exploded too.
The reason for the lack of demand for solar energy in the UK is because the Tories want us to gather around a candle. This way they can conserve the wealth of the nation for those that desperately need it……… the rich.