Tom Bennett wrote:
Looking with interest at recent talk of making wind turbines available at
B&Q etc.,

Assuming the stated savings are made (30%) then at the stated price, the payback
period for myself would be 15 years. The safe life of the unit is 10 years in a
suitable location so I might expect less in my saline situation. Not viable
even here in the windy north.

I would really like to have a wind turbine, but it would need to be a little
more cost effective (at least cost neutral) and would need to generate more than
1kW, feeding any surplus into the grid.

B&Q also offer a range of solar panels, for heating a stored water cylinder, or
for combination boiler systems. These range from about 1500 to 2500 GBP but
give no indication of likely savings - if they only provide hot water then they
would probably never cost in for me.

Hopefully, things will improve in the near future, enabling all homes to be more
or less independent of the national grid.



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Gianna