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Looking to speak with UK homeowners with solar panels about their experiences
Hello all! I’m a writer currently working on some articles for The Eco Experts, a consumer website that aims to give homeowners information on how clean power can bring down their bills.
I’m hoping to speak with UK homeowners about their solar panels. Specifically, I’m looking for real world case studies of how effective the UK’s energy efficient grants and policies have been, so I had a few questions in mind. If anyone could help with the following, I’d be very grateful:
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Which government grants or initiatives to buy your solar panels? If you didn’t use one, please explain why not.
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What was the total installation cost (after any grants used)?
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What was your average energy bill BEFORE you installed your solar panels?
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What is your average energy bill since you installed your solar panels?
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Has your EPC rating improved since you installed your solar panels?
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Have you also installed a solar battery? If yes, how much did it cost and did you use any government grants?
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Have you been able to generate solar energy during cloudy weather? This is often one of the biggest concerns people have.
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What kind of problems have you encountered with your solar panels?
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Have you used the Smart Export Guarantee to sell excess energy back to the grid? If so, how much money have you made, do you think?
Additionally, if any there are any UK homeowners without solar panels, I’d really appreciate any responses to the following:
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If you haven’t had solar panels installed in your home, will the UK government’s promise of 0% loans in the Warm Homes Plan make it more likely you will choose to do so?
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Why haven’t you had solar panels installed in your home until this point?
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Have you had any other energy efficiency improvements made to your home?
If anyone has any questions about where their answers will appear, please feel free to reach out to me and I’d be happy to send links to the articles once they’re updated.
Thank you also to the mods for letting me post this here.
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2 Replies
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Hi Tom,
I installed solar last year and paid upfront as no grants were available locally. It cost around £8–9k and has roughly halved my electricity bill so far. Panels still generate on cloudy days (just less), and I use SEG which brings in a bit of extra each year.
Overall, no major issues and it’s been worth it for the savings and energy independence.
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Hi Nicholas, appreciate your reply!
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