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PV Price & Feed-in-Tariff Calculator
What would a system cost and what could you save and /or earn? How long would the system take to pay for itself?
We have developed a calculator to help you work out what returns and revenue you might expect from a solar electric PV system. It doesn’t take more than a few minutes to generate your result, but you will need to know roughly what size array will fit on your roof.
All prices include 5% vat. Prices are provided for Sanyo, Sharp and our Kinve Panel range. Prices which we are sure are some of the MOST competitive available.
The calculator will provide a relatively accurate impression of system sizes, costs, yields and paybacks, but we do not recommend that any financial forecasts are made without a full survey undertaken by a member of our technical team.
All calculator results are based on figures supplied by DECC as part of its Feed-In Tariff scheme, launched on 1st February 2010, and as subsequently updated as part of the latest review at 21p per kWh.
It will also help if you know the average price you pay per unit (kilowatt hour/kWh) from your electricity supplier.
As a guide, the average area needed for each kilowatt-peak of solar PV is 7m².
You may need to roughly measure your South-facing roof area to see what sort of system would fit, and then use this information in the calculator. To help you we have provided a variety of different Solar PV system size layouts below with dimensions for you to choose from. Alternatively you can simply compare different system sizes to see the different costs and payback periods.
This calculator is based upon a guaranteed tariff of 21p per kWh if you install between 3 March and 1 July. This 21p per kWh rate is tax free, inflation linked and guaranteed by the government for the next 25 years.
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New EPC Requirements
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has confirmed that from 1 April homes must have an energy performance certificate (EPC) at level D or above to qualify for higher feed-in tariff rates.
DECC has estimated that around half of UK homes reach level D already. But for the other half this will mean they will have to spend extra time and money in upgrading their home to reach the standard before installing solar PV. For homes that no not reach level D they will receive a lower tariff of 9p per kWh.
Receive a guaranteed tariff of 21p per kWh by installing between 3 March and 1 July Our latest pricing can offer excellent rates of return which is still tax free, inflation linked and guaranteed by the government for the next 25 years.
Width: 16112mm
Height: 1661mm
Width: 6044mm
Height: 1661mm
Width: 4996mm
Height: 2008mm
Width: 3022mm
Height: 3323mm
1.5kWp
Width: 5036mm
Height: 1661mm
Width: 4996mm
Height: 2008mm
Width: 3022mm
Height: 3323mm
1.25kWp
Width: 3021mm
Height: 1661mm
Width: 4996mm
Height: 1004mm
Width: 2014mm
Height: 2665mm
0.69kWp
Width: 7053mm
Height: 1661mm
Width: 6668mm
Height: 2008mm
Width: 4036mm
Height: 3324mm
1.75kWp
Width: 8058mm
Height: 1661mm
Width: 4036mm
Height: 3324mm
Width: 6668mm
Height: 2008mm
2kWp
Width: 4036mm
Height: 3324mm
2.5kWp
Width: 6668mm
Height: 2008mm
Width: 4036mm
Height: 1661mm
3.5kWp
Width: 14056mm
Height: 1661mm
Width: 11627mm
Height: 2008mm
Width: 7028mm
Height: 3322mm
4kWp
Width: 13288mm
Height: 2008mm
Width: 8032mm
Height: 3322mm
Width: 4016mm
Height: 6644mm
Width: 6644mm
Height: 4016mm
Typical Solar Panel System Sizes