~ Grid connect for households
~
A Typical House
The average mains power consumption for dwellings in Far
North Queensland is 20kWh/day to 25kWh/day. Most of this
is used for cooking and heating, particularly water heating
and if these are replaced by gas and/or solar
hot water, typical consumptions range from 5kWh/day
to 15kWh/day depending on size of the family, lifestyle
and attention paid to choice of efficient appliances.
Here's an indicator on the prices
of a photovoltaic grid connect system:
| Installed
Size |
kWh
per day |
No.
of Panels |
Installed
Price |
RECS
Discount |
After
Rebate
& RECS Discount |
| 1050W |
4.0 |
6
x 175W |
$15,000.00 |
$900.00 |
$6,100.00 |
| 1575W |
6.0 |
9
x 175W |
$19,000.00 |
$1,400.00 |
$9,600.00 |
| 2100W |
8.0 |
12
x 175W |
$24,240.00 |
$1,800.00 |
$14,440.00 |
| 2625W |
10.0 |
15
x 175W |
$30,660.00 |
$1,250.00 |
$21,410.00 |
| 3150W |
12.0 |
18
x 175W |
$35,980.00 |
$2,800.00
|
$25,180.00 |
| 4200W |
16.0 |
24
x 175W |
$46,180.00 |
$3,800.00 |
$34,380.00 |
| 5250W |
20.0 |
30
x 175W |
$56,480.00 |
$4,800.00 |
$43,680.00 |
|
The above indicative pricing includes installation in most
areas for most house types.
The above REC's pricing is calculated at the current price
of $46.00.
This pricing includes GST.
Final price has $8,000 rebate taken into account.*
Double dipping of RRPGP and SHCP is not permitted.
The output of an array is influenced by many factors which,
however approximately, a solar array will on average deliver
between 4kWh/day and 5kWh/day to the grid for every 1,000W
of capacity.
Most grid connect systems generate less power than is consumed
by the building, making the home or community a net consumer
of power from the grid. However, this need not be the case
and installations that are net exporters of power to the
grid are permitted.
* The SHCP rebate will be taken over by Solar Credits in
July 2009
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