Which Electricity Company Offers the Best Price for Your Solar Power?

Inside this Edition:

• The Best Prices for Selling Your Solar Power

• Changes Coming to BER Scale From Late May

• What Strength EV Charger Should You Get?

Tens of thousands of homes are getting solar panels every year. See how much you can save with a quote from Ireland’s top installers - check their prices now.

Who Offers the Best Prices for Your Unused Solar Power?

As long as the solar panels on your home are connected to the electricity grid you can make money off them. Any power they generate that you don’t use gets exported back to the grid.

Your electricity provider will pay you automatically for all of that exported power. But different electricity providers offer different prices, so which is the best?

The price that they offer is paid per unit of electricity (kWh) which is exported from your solar panels to the grid. This is the same as the way you are charged for the electricity you use.

The current feed-in tariff prices offered by Ireland’s electricity suppliers in order of value are:

• Pinergy: 25c

• Community Power: 20c

• Electric Ireland: 19.5c

• SSE Airtricity: 19.5c

• Bord Gais: 18.5c

• Energia: 18.5c

• Flogas: 18.5c

• Prepay Power: 15.89c

• Yuno Energy: 15.89c

If you’re wondering what this is worth, the average home in Ireland could earn anywhere between €360 and €570 in a year from that. That’s a pretty big incentive to switch around if you have a lot of solar panels on your home.

Changes Coming to BER Scale From Late May

Changes are being made to the way the BER scale operates from late May in order to simplify the process and make it more informative.

The BER scale operates from A - G, with multiple subcategories in between. It’s purpose is to let people know how energy efficient a home is.

From May 24 the scale is being reorganised in a number of ways. Read more to see how it may affect you.

What Strength EV Charger Should You Get?

Getting a home EV charger is the best option for anyone with an electric car. It is by far the most reliable and cheapest way to charge.

But there’s lot of chargers on the market, all offering different charging speeds. So what strength charger do you need?

Well this depends on your car, how much driving you do, and your home’s power supply.

We hope you enjoyed the articles this week. Together with your support, we are helping to build a greener, more affordable Ireland for everyone. That’s your energy update. Until the next edition.

Briain Kelly,

Editor, EnergyEfficiency.ie