“Well done to such a forward thinking council and it staff. I wish that other counties would have adopted the same approach, which not only helps people in needs but endorses the EU Renewable Energy Directive and committed to producing at least 15% of energy from renewable sources by 2020 which the UK has signed up to.

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“Have they got the Chewing Gum Remover working yet?

The obviously did not research that £118,000s worth of Investment for the Future!”

“Nice little earner . . . For somebody!”

“Cllr Allen Clark, do you actually understand how solar systems work or are you one who fell for the sales spiel and based your limited knowledge of such systems.

It has been shown within the engineering and environmental sectors that these panels do not produce anything like the power you claim based on real world testing of them, in fact the average is claimed to be around 7% of this, but why? Manufacturers and sellers of the systems quote the maximum theoretical output of such systems which requires 14 hours of sunlight above a prescribed level, something the UK does not get even during the best British summers, and base their figures on this. Such distortions mean the financial predictions on cost V return are seriously flawed, and people are basically being ripped off by these systems sellers.”

“Fao cllrAllanClark,As a concerned council tax payer,would you mind asking mr grocock if his so called grandson or any of the rest of the council house scandal bandits, have benifitted from this scheme.Ilook forward to your reply.”

“Posters seem to be confusing power with energy. Most panels come with a minimum specification of 250 watts; the ones I saw yesterday were overperforming that specification by 20%. So, you can boil your 3kW domestic kettle and that would take all the power from your 12 panels for those four minutes, so if your family has ten cups of tea a day that is 40 minutes worth for free, leaving you 11 hours 20 minutes worth of daylight producing the equivalent power. Where does this idea come from that solar panels require sunshine? They need daylight, as I witnessed yesterday, not a sunny day; they underperform a bit on very overcast days.”

“Even with the feed-in tariff guaranteed, it does not take account of inflation, so later in the scheme, could even be less than the price of buying electricty.”

“CllrAlanClark i am not really suggesting that at all, what i am trying to do is get my head around what are rumours and what are facts, for instance 10 panels will generate enough leccy in a day to boil a kettle and the lifespan of a panel is 10 years ? just because i read those statements doesnt make them facts,i would presume that a school has a lot more panels fitted than a council house so its not something you can compare like for like, maybe there is no average,who knows,
thanks for mentioning the cost,like i said originally i didnt believe the solar panel companies who stated the costs have come down by 30%,we will see the true costs in the new year when they try to offload all the panels that are currently on the way from china,
lastly the gov can stop the feed in tariff anytime they want, i know they promised to keep it for 25 years but when has any government kept a promise ? obviously the council can only act on the facts at the time, i really do applaud the councils decision to do this and lets hope it comes off (prays for some sunshine),”

“"Are various correspondents seriously suggesting that the city council hasn't done a careful cost benefit analysis on the project"

Come on councillor - the city council's track record on projects of any kind is abysmal. The Market Square renovation and the Contemporary Art Gallery were both way over budget. The people of Nottingham are accustomed to the City Council's dishonesty in such matters. Overspends are usually excused by the council saying they will be absorbed by private company "sponsorship" ....that never existed and never materialises.

For heavens sake even the £3,500 Loxley Hall Christmas tree was explained this way so you can hardly be surprised at people's cynicism. It's no more than you and your fellow councillor's deserve. You see the problem with spending hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers money every year telling people how good you are, is that people actually expect you to deliver on this promise. Inconvenient isn't it ?”

“Are various correspondents seriously suggesting that the city council hasn't done a careful cost benefit analysis on the project to ensure that the capital and the interest on the borrowing from the Public Works Loans Board can be paid back from the Feed In Tariff within a reasonable timescale? There is such a thing as productive borrowing; most businesses would not survive without it. The panels now cost about £800 each fitted, but this can depend on orientation, angles, fixings etc. I visited Dovecote School in Clifton yesterday and their panels were generating 60kW, far more electricity than they can use, so they can contribute electricity to the grid.”