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03/02/2008, 8:41 The Riff-Raff Element Joined on 23/08/2004 South Vendée - The Particularly Nice Bit Posts 1,564 Flogging 'leccy to EDF I read an article in some expat paper about someone in Dordogne (I think) who had put solar panels on their roof and were flogging power to EDF during daylight when they made it, while buying back their needs when they did not. Now, I knew this was possible, but what surprised me is this: they are contracted to buy the power they use at 8 cents per unit, but EDF will buy from them at 50cents. To me, from EDF's point of view, this doesn't immediately look like great business sense, particularly as the highest tarrif they seem to charge consumers, AFAIK, is the "red" daytime tarrif at 32cents, HT. So, at best, they lock in something like an 18 cent loss on every unit they buy. Are these prices correct, or should that "50 cents" be 5 cents, a much more believable price for wholesale electricity? The EDF website is strangely unhelpful on this subject (or I'm being thick and just can't see it), but at 50cents a unit there would be a huge incentive for me to cover the several hundred square meters of roof (house, gite and assorted out buildings) with panels - even if they're not all exactly south facing - and put a dozen of those mini wind turbines in the garden. Back of a fag packet, I'd gross around 45,000 euros per year. And I'd presumably get some kind of tax credit for being dead environmentally friendly too. Add in the child benefit and I'd just be able to spend my time reading Graham Greene novels, sipping fine wines and watching the sails turn on me windmills while the cheques piled on the doormat (figuratively speaking). Life couldn't be that easy, could it???? Jon Doust-e hameh kas doust-e hich-kas neest    Report

03/02/2008, 8:59 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot Posts 6,254 Re: Flogging 'leccy to EDF There are some details here: http://cielelect.free.fr/index_fichiers/page0002.html Clair, a Real Virtual French Person La vérité est si obscurcie en ce temps et le mensonge si établi, qu'à moins d'aimer la vérité, on ne saurait la reconnaître. (Blaise Pascal)    Report

03/02/2008, 10:42 The Riff-Raff Element Joined on 23/08/2004 South Vendée - The Particularly Nice Bit Posts 1,564 Re: Flogging 'leccy to EDF Fantastic - thanks Clair. Well, if any banks have any money left over from throwing cash at the deserving poor of American trailer parks, they really could do worse than to lend to people wanting to festoon their houses with photovolatic cells! What a wizzard wheeze - a revenue gauranteed by EDF as security. Doesn't come much better than that. Jon Doust-e hameh kas doust-e hich-kas neest    Report

03/02/2008, 10:48 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot Posts 6,254 Re: Flogging 'leccy to EDF Note that the purchase value of55 cents/kWh is offered only if the photovoltaic panels are integrated into the building. If the panels are added on, the purchase value is 30 cents/kWh. Clair, a Real Virtual French Person La vérité est si obscurcie en ce temps et le mensonge si établi, qu'à moins d'aimer la vérité, on ne saurait la reconnaître. (Blaise Pascal)    Report

03/02/2008, 13:33 The Riff-Raff Element Joined on 23/08/2004 South Vendée - The Particularly Nice Bit Posts 1,564 Re: Flogging 'leccy to EDF Oh, understood. But if the 30cents per kWh goes for wind power too, I'm buying a trubine to put at the end of the garden. Jon Doust-e hameh kas doust-e hich-kas neest    Report

03/02/2008, 13:58 Albert the InfoGipsy Joined on 01/07/2006 SDF, somewhere in 56 Posts 507 Re: Flogging 'leccy to EDF  Clair wrote: Note that the purchase value of55 cents/kWh is offered only if the photovoltaic panels are integrated into the building. If the panels are added on, the purchase value is 30 cents/kWh. So when I get round to building my dream house I can cover the roof & walls with solar panels instead of bardage or crepi and retire on the proceeds? Albert the InfoGipsy "So welcome to the Citadel where the question is 'Am I?'"    Report

03/02/2008, 14:19 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot Posts 6,254 Re: Flogging 'leccy to EDF If only Albert! You need photovoltaic solar (PV) panels, much much more expensive that solar hot water panels... Clair, a Real Virtual French Person La vérité est si obscurcie en ce temps et le mensonge si établi, qu'à moins d'aimer la vérité, on ne saurait la reconnaître. (Blaise Pascal)    Report

03/02/2008, 14:53 Albert the InfoGipsy Joined on 01/07/2006 SDF, somewhere in 56 Posts 507 Re: Flogging 'leccy to EDF Derriere!!! Albert the InfoGipsy "So welcome to the Citadel where the question is 'Am I?'"    Report

03/02/2008, 14:56 Gluestick Joined on 22/03/2006 UK and Nord Pas de Calais Posts 2,342 Re: Flogging 'leccy to EDF Some useful info here, admittedly UK based: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/08/20/nosplit/eavolt120.xml   "Yes, but that apart, Mrs Lincoln, did you enjoy the play?" Gluestick    Report

03/02/2008, 19:28 nomoss Joined on 25/07/2007 Languedoc Posts 81 Re: Flogging 'leccy to EDF But don't forget the cost of the approved type invertor and associated equipment to tie into the grid, installation by an approved engineer, plus that of the inevitable EDF inspection of the installation.    Report

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