Jottings from SW Surrey. This used to be mainly about energy but now I've retired it's just an old man's rant. From 23 June 2016 'til 12 December 2019 Brexit dominated but that is now a lost cause. So, I will continue to point out the stupidities of government when I'm so minded; but you may also find the odd post on climate change, on popular science or on genealogy - particularly my own family.
Saturday, 19 December 2015
New PV FiTs - Good News?
My short answer is "No". In November I posted results from running the then proposed numbers though my simple model, showing that commentators were right to call "Foul". I think I should point out here that my model fits very well the results I am seeing from my own installation, so I have some confidence that, simple though it is, it does pretty well represent expectations. I have rerun the model on exactly the same example project except that I've used DECC's revised generation tariff of 4.39 p/kWh and their capital cost estimate of £1630/kW. Oh dear! I calculate the NPV at year 20 to be -£1129. Even if I assume that there's no need for an inverter replacement part-way through the project the NPV is still negative at -£516 (tho' the project does break even in year 25). To achieve my previous target of a 10% IRR the capital cost would need to drop to £837/kW, almost down to 50% of DECC's assumption. A more modest 5% IRR would require installation for £1247/kW. I would like to be proved wrong but I fear that there is going to be a nasty down-turn in solar PV installations.
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