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<blockquote data-quote="binky" data-source="post: 510862" data-attributes="member: 490"><p>The main builder of solar farms in the UK, whose name I forget, sold off their stock a few years ago to various investment / hedge fund outfits. I would be wary of investing in large farms purely becuase most of them were 'thrown up' with the cheapest panels / frames / gangs of labour possible. Consequently many have now had to be re-wired becuse they buried the DC cables directly in the ground causing premature cable failure. Many also suffer constant failures of the inverters, and panels breaking. So in short I would be very careful what you are investing in. You may have more luck with community energy schemes such as Plymouth Energy Community, who installed panels on schools and sell the electric generated to them. These smaller schemes used local installation companies like myself, and we work to higher standards making the solar arrays more reliable. </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="binky, post: 510862, member: 490"] The main builder of solar farms in the UK, whose name I forget, sold off their stock a few years ago to various investment / hedge fund outfits. I would be wary of investing in large farms purely becuase most of them were 'thrown up' with the cheapest panels / frames / gangs of labour possible. Consequently many have now had to be re-wired becuse they buried the DC cables directly in the ground causing premature cable failure. Many also suffer constant failures of the inverters, and panels breaking. So in short I would be very careful what you are investing in. You may have more luck with community energy schemes such as Plymouth Energy Community, who installed panels on schools and sell the electric generated to them. These smaller schemes used local installation companies like myself, and we work to higher standards making the solar arrays more reliable. [/QUOTE]
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