Leeds Solar are now entering our 15th year of assisting customers to invest in the power of the sun, across Leeds, Yorkshire and further afield.

Out of the hundreds of thousands of panels installed in those 15 years our customers have only ever had a total of 4 panels fail. 1 from a cricket ball, 1 from a brick, and 2 due to a manufacturer defect.

We've also had less than half a dozen reports of minor roof leaks in that time, all of which have been rectified within days of the report.

Over 90% of the inverters we've fitted are still working away as happily as the day they were first installed.

This is the benefit of our long standing preference for only installing high quality equipment, and working with our own in house trained experienced installation teams.

We aim to install solar PV systems that will operate for the lifetime of the roofs they're installed onto, with inverters that should average around 15-20 years before needing to be replaced.

Please get in touch for a quote to join our family of thousands of customers now benefiting from our high performance, long life solar energy and battery systems.

Winter is upon us, and with it come the annual queries...

•Why has my battery capacity dropped?

•My battery is only charging at a lower rate than normal, why?

•The battery keeps randomly charging from grid when it shouldn't be.

The reason for all of these issues in winter is likely to be temperature.

Winter is upon us, and with it come the annual queries...

•Why has my battery capacity dropped?

•My battery is only charging at a lower rate than normal, why?

•The battery keeps randomly charging from grid when it shouldn't be.

The reason for all of these issues in winter is likely to be temperature.

Leeds Solar have just become aware that on 10th March DECC slipped in a Statutory Instrument that takes effect today (31st March 2016) that results in  the following urgent issue.
 

All existing renewable energy installations with an MCS certificate issued before 15th January 2016 must submit their Feed-In Tariff application by 31st March 2016 or they will never be able to claim any Feed-In Tariff or Export payments.

This issue is not mentioned in any Ofgem guidance as there have been no updates since the legislation was drafted, but it has recently been added to the Energy Saving Trust Fed In Tariff guidance page, copied below

• A requirement for customers to have applied by 31 March 2016 at the latest if their installation has a Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) certificate issue date and commissioning date of 14 January 2016 or earlier. This applies to all MCS technologies under the scheme. 

We have produced a revised version of appropriate sections of the legislation including the new amendments at the bottom of this blog article, as well as a quick guide to the issue for those potentially affected.

Who does this affect?

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30th June 2012 is the next proposed date for further Feed In Tariff cuts;

Book now for pre 30th June installations

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