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This is going to be made legal in the UK on the 27th August. Max 800w inspired by Germany. I'll definitely get some panels and see how they go.

• Lio 1mo ago
  They're a no brainer especially if Lidl can nock them out for around £200 in the centre aisle. Unfortunately for me my back garden has too much shade for panels and I don't think I could get away with them in the front. So that leaves a roof top install and I think once you have scaffold that you might as well have a traditional install.
  • domh 1mo ago
    Yeah I'm going to wait for lidl to do them, that's the plan anyway. Anything you can buy now is ~£600 (ecoflow is the brand I've seen). Hoping some others take the plunge first to provide some guidance. Wish plugin batteries were part of it.
    • Lio 1mo ago
      I think plugin batteries are coming too. Right now (well 27th August) you can plug your inverter into a battery but you can't connect the battery to a ring main you have to connect devices directly to it. That is under assessment though so there's a good chance they could copy the way Germany does it, just like they're doing with the panels.
• micw 1mo ago
  To be precise (Germany): 800W inverter, 2kWp solar panels (maximum 4 panels). This allows you to get the 800W during long periods of daylight (e.g. east/west configuration). You only need to add the installation to a public database and plug in the inverter. Before it was more complex (special plug needed, only 600W, need allowance from grid operator) and still we have ~1.5 GW installed plug-in solar plants. It's almost always a no-brainer, RoI is typically 3-4 years while the lifespan is 20 years. Edit: My state had a subsidy of 300€ when I bought mine, so the RoI was instant ;-)