Sustainability Matters

The Club has looked into this and unfortunately it's just not viable at the moment. We will continue to review as we install future Solar arrays and if this becomes more viable in the future it will definitely be something we will consider. 

Due to visitors using the energy in the morning and evening when light is limited we need to understand the usage better to ensure we install the correct size and can use all the energy generated.

I would have thought that an ideal scenario for having  battery storage. Top up batteries during the day for use in the dark hours and early morning. That is how mine works but I can appreciate the Club would need quite large storage facilities to have a real impact.

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As a domestic customer, with Octopus as our supplier, who also do commercial supplies, we can sell our solar excess to the  grid at 15p per kWh, is it different for commercial generators?

We have a 3.6 kWpeak array, as permitted back then, installed some 11 years back, anything we do not use ourselves is exported to the grid.  We do also receive  very good FIT payments, but set against that, solar panels were much more expensive then than they are now.

Why would fitting large solar arrays, with batteries, and exporting any excess to the grid  not  be viable for the Club?

 My OH looks after our local Guide Hall, they are applying for funding from the Energy Saving Trust and the Scottish Government to install insulation.    But they could also have applied  for funding to install solar panels, and have sold their excess to the grid.

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I would think that solar water heating would work, surely that’s been considered, if not why not? It works in other settings in the UK and the heat/energy is easily stored.

I think there's solar water heating at Ramslade and Poolsbrook micky. I think!

JK

Why isn't the reduction for using a meter the same as for not using electric at all.

surely the base price should be the same??

Month of stay
Average daily price 

October 2023
£5
November 2023
£8
December 2023
£8
January 2024
£8
February 2024
£9
March 2024
£5

Month
Pitch discount per night
October
£4.00
November
£6.00
December
£6.50
January
£6.50
February
£6.00
March
£4.00

 YT my guess is that even if you are not using electric you are still expected to contribute to the infrastructure that you are not using.  

Fortunately, CY, we’re not all of that mentality. Metered lekky will make no difference to my consumption as I’m not profligate in my usage and happy to pay for what I use. I suspect many other people are the same and you may be doing your fellow members a great injustice.

Just maybe we would see far fewer of those dreadful light masts and other colour flashing paraphernalia adorning pitches which spoil the dark skys the club are promoting!

I’d rather see the stars, the constellations and those fabulous aurora borealis which apparently are showing across our skies any ‘day’!