31 Dec 2012 4:55 PM:
Well said elcheone, you are absoulutley correct in what you say, nobody will sue you that's all "hot air" and was (I think), meant for soneone else. Unfortunately there are some people who are so cocooned in their own environment tht they cannot see how difficult it is for others, you on the "other hand" have done what a lot of British people advocate, you have done something about yor predicament and moved to where you are getting a better life, the British saying is "get on your bike", well that's what you have done and good luck to you.
Spain is a great country and the Spanish a great nation, unfortunately this country does need a lot of sorting out particularly the infrastructure but Spain will get there in time. I love it here and I love the people, "Viva España.
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29 Dec 2012 12:49 PM:
That is a difficult question to answer and beyond me but, if there was a return to the individual consumer who was connected to the grid like the UK model, I would definately consider installing them and, if the Government backed the idea with manufacturing panels in Spain and local installers, everyone would benifit (except those who don't care what the price of electricity is).
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29 Dec 2012 11:49 AM:
I am aware of Spain's impressive achivements in solar power generation but, have you seen many homes with the solar panels of the voltaic type? If Spain is generating all of this "free" energy, why do electricity prices rise so much for the consumer with the costs linked to the price of oil?
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29 Dec 2012 11:14 AM:
My simple point was about all of the sunshine we get here on the CDS, surley if countries in northan Europe can utilise the sun using solar panels (voltaic), surley we can and the benifits to employment and the economy must be benificial.
Yes, new homes are obliged to install solar panels, but these are water heating panels which are of course of some benifit.
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29 Dec 2012 10:04 AM:
I (selfishly), am also only interested in our (Spanish) electricity supplies and the billing which are, pretty complicated to say the least, I also think it was a bad move to privatise the suppliers, as there seems to be only one, although you can get your billing from a different source (the supplier is the same).
Solar voltaic panels should be the answer, this obviously has its drawbacks at night but most usage surely occurs during working or daylight hours; On a recent visit to the UK, I visited Plymouth and was surprised how many houses had their roof covered with “solar panels” all feeding back to the “grid”, upon further investigation a friend told me he had a display of his energy usage or savings, on his mobile phone. Now it seems to me that if these “panels” can work in Plymouth England and make real savings to the customer and, ultimately to the National power supplies, it “goes without saying” that it will work here especially on the Costa del Sol so, an investment by the Spanish Government could create jobs by manufacturing panels (voltaic), and more jobs installing them (possibly subsidised to encourage purchase), and the savings must be enormous, less oil imports, less gas or coal usage and of course less greenhouse gasses as well as all of the benefits of employment to the population and taxes paid by the employees and suppliers.
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