June News Flash
Batteries do not affect FIT's and Exports, Servicing Renewable Technologies, Coming Soon - CTS Tree Services
Welcome to the June 2016 News Release from CTS Renewables. This month we clear up some confusion over solar battery systems, review the benefits of servicing and maintenance and give details of our latest development.
1 - Batteries Do Not affect FIT and Export payments, I have been receiving several calls regarding how a battery system will affect payments. The battery is a temporary store of the electricity only, all solar generation goes through the solar meter sooner or later.
With DC coupled systems such as SolarEdge/Tesla, Growatt or Solax/LG the solar electricity is effectively diverted directly from the panels to be temporarily stored in the battery, when that stored electricity is required in periods of low generation it goes through the inverter, converted to AC and passes through the generation meter. What you will find is the generation meter starting to flash at night as the battery is being drawn upon.
With AC coupled systems such as the new SMA/Tesla combination, the solar electricity is immediately converted to AC by the inverter as normal and then converted back to DC for temporary storage. The battery can be fitted before or after the generation meter, and will therefore be counted either after or before usage. Either way its always accounted for!
With regards to Export payments, any systems below 30kw are are declared to be deemed export payments only, which means they are based on an assumption of 50% of the FIT generated rather than actual calculated export. Some of our customers with systems below 30kw have requested export meters to be fitted, because they know that they export more than they use, they have been refused a meter on every occasion. There is no appetite with the suppliers to bother with the effort of metering FIT payments below 30k, equally there is no requirement to notify them of storage systems such as batteries and iboosts. Export is payed as normal.
2 - Servicing Renewable Technologies - CTS Renewables customers whom have had Heat Pump, Biomass Boilers and Solar Thermal Systems fitted, will already know that we are able to provide servicing on our installed products. But, there are other newsletter subscribers which may not be aware that we can provide Servicing, maintenance and health checks for the following products and technologies whether we installed them or not. With the highlighted brands, we are manufacturer approved technicians:
Air Source Heat Pumps - (Dimplex, Samsung and Panasonic only)
Biomass Boilers - (Windhager, Okofen, Grant, MCZ only)
Solar Thermal - All sealed systems
It is essential to keep your service schedule up-to-date in order to maintain manufacturer warranties, optimise the efficiency of the units and to identify possible faults in their early stages, before the repair costs increase.
Solar PV - This service is a great option for customers who are looking to ensure that their system is achieving optimum performance for the best Feed in Tariff income.
Additionally we are aware that there has been several Solar PV companies who are no longer trading, leaving customers without equipment support or possibly poorly performing installations. As part of the health check we can identify faults and provide solutions.
3 - CTS Tree Services - For several years now my business partner, Ben Moss has been undertaking tree work as a "fun" distraction from his normal day to day work!. As often happens with side projects, the amount of interest in the service generated purely by word of mouth and recommendation, is such that we have decided to build a business around it. CTS Tree Services, is a new project which will soon be fully operational, and we intend to provide the same quality experience to our Tree Service customers as we provide to our Renewables customers. If you have any projects you wish to discuss please contact Ben in the office on 01623 422254 or visit our soon to be launched website www.ctstreeservices.co.uk
Thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter, more information on our products and services can found on our website www.ctsrenewables.co.uk or you can call our office on 01623 422254.
Kind Regards
Matthew Baxter
Sales & Marketing Director
No comments:
Post a Comment