Solar system on top of business.

[rickw]

Hello,

Newbie here. Had a MF stove installed this year and saved a fortune of gas bills. Im thinking out of the box here and wondering about getting solar panels installed on our flat roof on our work unit. Is there a generic formula that can be used to work out how much you could save, tax breaks, sell back, to the grid etc? Also can someone point me in the direction of how to mark forums read please. Many thanks.
Rick 

[brackwell]

Rick,  Whats a MF store?

[RichardKB]

Rick,  Whats a MF store?

MF = Multi Fuel as in "Stove".

Rich

[dhaslam]

The bottom line is that FITs are lined up for domestic use rather than business  unless the business has small energy requirements.

The first  step should be to reduce electricity usage by using more efficient equipment  and watch the price of PV fall.    At present the cost of a large scale PV system is still  too high.   

www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2257176/businesses-short-changed-feed

[murraymint]

Don't forget the interest free loans from the Carbon Trust.

http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/cut-carbon-reduce-costs/products-services/business-loans/pages/loans.aspx

[Solar Sam]

The bottom line is that FITs are lined up for domestic use rather than business  unless the business has small energy requirements.

The first  step should be to reduce electricity usage by using more efficient equipment  and watch the price of PV fall.    At present the cost of a large scale PV system is still  too high.   

www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2257176/businesses-short-changed-feed

I'm not buying that.

FIT's work even on large scale projects. The trick is simple, don't pay over the odds for the installation!
Too many companies are charging way over the odds for this technology when it's really not as expensive as they'd like you to think.

[rickw]

Yes, sorry, poor spelling, multi fuel stove! Thanks for the link with ref to carbon trust, At what point does the cost become acceptable though? Assuming you will sell it back to the grid, and we have a roof area of 30,00sq. feet. That could generate a fair bit of electricity.