Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

I also paid 11,000 for a Huawei system including a 10 kW storage and 400 heat pump Trina vertex modules.

For the same system, 35,000 euros are being asked today, I have seen corresponding offers. Delivery time, however, if at all, sometime in 2023.

Even the commissioning often takes months. So the electrical specialist connects the system and checks it. Then he does a test run and switches the system off again. Then he reports this to the grid operator. It can take up to 6 months until the system is allowed to go online. So no electricity is produced for 6 months.

I just called the grid operator yesterday. There is now also a shortage of electricity meters. They are simply not available. What a joke. Energy transition? Maybe they also come from Russia and are sanctioned.

This is beyond ridiculous.

After the completion of commissioning and installation by the electrician, he registers the system as completed with your grid operator. Then the actual registration process with the grid operator begins. Everyone does that somewhat differently. Now it depends on where you live and who your grid operator is.

Then your electrician has to submit all the unit certificates and approval certificates of the inverters and modules, a site plan, a cadastral map, a power of attorney from the system operator, photos of the system, etc. The entire process will probably take at least 6 weeks and depending on the grid operator sometimes up to 6 months. And you will have to wait that long until you are allowed to switch on.

But even if it only takes 8 weeks for you, you will not generate any significant yield before March 2023. However, you could have registered the system long ago or your solar installer could have done so. Even before it is installed.
But nobody usually does that. Mostly. Unless you have a clever solar installer.

But the whole thing is supposed to be simplified, yet it has not been legally enacted yet.

I chose the illegal way and simply switched on my system 2 weeks ago. In view of the energy crisis, the high prices and the slogan “every kWh counts,” in my opinion a legitimate means.

Legally, I don’t see any problems either. The Renewable Energy Act states that the grid operator must accept the system immediately. And immediately means in my opinion right away. So I would insist with my solar installer to just keep the system running after the test run.