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Money saving expert looks at whether you should get free solar panels or pay to have them installed.
The man behind the money saving expert website martin lewis has featured on this afternoon s jeremy vine show on bbc radio2 as part of a discussion about the benefits of domestic solar pv photovoltaic panel installations and the payments received through the feed in tariff fit.
Some companies offer to fit panels free but do that and they keep the bigger feed in tariff payments.
The firms also maintain the panels and pay for insurance.
A few years ago when the solar feed in tariff incentives were higher this service was very popular.
Households with solar panels will be paid for excess electricity exported to the grid but but it won t come in before april when the current scheme ends.
Financially there are two reasons to do this full information in martin s are cheap free solar panels worth it.
Companies offered to rent your roof space for up to 25 years taking care of the solar panel installation and maintenance for free.
The government has announced new rules known as the smart export guarantee seg that places a legal obligation on all energy suppliers with more than 150 000 customers to introduce export tariffs for households with solar panels by the beginning of next year.
You just get the 100ish electricity savings though prices are predicted to rise massively over 20 years.
Martin lewis promotes solar pv but warns off free debt based panel offers.
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In return these companies would.
Solar panel power payments set to return but how much you ll get and from when is unclear.
Martin lewis is here to put solar panels in the spotlight.