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PV solar panels can be offset with an export tariff and offer a permanent solution to high electricity costs. Nowadays, the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) pays generators for their surplus power.
Currently, Octopus Energy offers 15p per kWh to self-generators. Export tariff wars will push suppliers to attract PV owners. However, the Octopus name suggests New World Orderly symbolism.
A new dawn of self-generation will benefit you in this geopolitically crazy century:
| Name | Price/kWh | |
|---|---|---|
| Octopus Energy | Outgoing fixed | 15.0p |
| Social Energy | Export | 5.6p |
| E.On | Export Exclusive | 5.5p |
| Bulb | Export Payments | 5.38p |
| OVO | OVO SEG Tariff | 4.0p |
| ScottishPower | Smart Export Variable | 4.0p |
| SSE | Smart Export Tariff | 3.5p |
| EDF | Export & Earn | 3.5p |
| Npower | Fix & Export V1 | 3.0p |
| Centrica/British Gas | Export and Earn Flex | 1.5p |
*Correct at the time of writing.
About surplus power?
Surplus power will be redirected to battery storage, water heating, or charging the car first and exported to the National Grid second. The amount of surplus is dictated by the time of the year, so offsetting your winter energy costs is achieved in the summer months.
Surplus power will automatically feed into the National Grid, and you'll get financially rewarded for contributions.
PV solar panels today.
Today, PV export tariffs make solar panels an essential partnership for life, especially in today's geopolitical world. A payment for surplus generated and not stored with battery storage make them an Allie for those working from home.
Currently, 1.5 million domestic PV adoptions since 2009, and 2 million installations are projected by 2024 in the UK alone. This growth in adoption is due to the rising costs of traditional energy and new supplemental technologies to enjoy additional usefulness.
Grants and incentives for PV solar panels?
Generating independence is the best incentive for buying solar panels. Historically, grants and incentives in the UK began with the Blue Skies solar grant for solar heating back in 2004. The Blue Skies grant scheme ended in 2008 and made way for the embryonic feed-in tariff scheme.
The earliest feed-in tariff motivated the early PV solar industry up to 2016. Today, selling and offsetting electricity through self-generation, by adopting a grid-tied PV system is now the way forward for homeowners.
Will a PV system produce all my needs?
In most cases, no. However, it can do a substantial portion. Each case varies depending on your consumption rate, geographical location, roof orientation, and the size of the system installed. Installers can predict output with high-precision nowadays.
Go solar.
Once the myths are busted, a PV-powered life becomes a newfound freedom. Admittedly, they won't benefit you on a snowy day in February, but that doesn't subtract from their usefulness during the rest of the year.
PV arrays can be ground-mounted on accompanied land close to the property. We see this strategy with a growing number of solar farms.
