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Would you recommend solar panels?

Payments to homeowners for selling solar power back to the electricity grid may be phased out. Th...

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12.15 15 Sep 2026


Would you recommend solar panels?


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12.15 15 Sep 2026


Payments to homeowners for selling solar power back to the electricity grid may be phased out. This comes after the Netherlands has said it is scrapping its energy credit system.

Energy providers pay between 15.89c to 19.5c per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for electricity supplied to them from homeowners with solar panels.

If you have solar panels, what do you think of them? Would you recommend them? Or does removing the option to sell back take away the benefits of them?

Joining Andrea to discuss is Peter Finn, AKA Pete the Builder, as well as listeners.


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