29 Jul 2023 6:17 PM:

Thanks Rint and Kayleigh... I do have batteries for storage. but way too complicated to transport them to my son's flat on a daily basis.
They hold enough power for all our energy consumption during darker hours

there doesn't seem to be much info about net metering in spain.  I did see this headline: ..."The Spanish government has proposed a Royal Decree with new self-consumption regulation which is expected to be approved in March or April. According to the new rules, power surpluses may be shared with other consumers or fed to the grid."........

this was in 2019 but I think it is only for people with energy production of 100kw +.

As far as I know, the occasional consumption I make of Endesa's electricity is nullified by the amount they take from me.  But since they are taking VAST amounts of my energy, really I should also be able to transfer some of that energy to another consumer or two.

Thread: excess energy from solar panels

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23 Jul 2023 5:17 PM:

I don't know if anyone here has solar panels, but I heard last year, rumours that you might be able to transfer excess energy produced by your panels to another user... During these hot months I estimate 90% of the power my panels are producing are nicely going to these greedy electricity companies, Endesa etc.
It would be great to transfer it to my son's flat for example. Does anyone know of any companies that offer any such services?

Thanks

 

Thread: excess energy from solar panels

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30 Sep 2022 6:48 PM:

Thanks so much to EVERYONE for your detailed responses. 
Then I could maybe ask my sister who lives in the uk if I can use her address. It would be useful to know beforehand that if by doing this there could be anything that would affect/implicate her in terms of taxes or anything else?

Thread: Barclays requesting me to close my uk account

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27 Sep 2022 2:12 PM:

Hi... last month I received a letter from Barclays requesting me to close my uk account. I live in Spain and they are no longer allowing bank accounts with a Spanish address. Has anyone else had this problem? I am also wondering how easy it would be to open another account with a different uk bank without having to physically go to the uk...

Thanks in advance

Thread: Barclays requesting me to close my uk account

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26 Nov 2021 6:11 PM:

Thanks Baz, Guy and Mark for your responses the other day. Very sorry to reply so late.
 I will probably have to declare any gold purchased to the Spanish tax authorities (though I would love not to) I was planning to spend more than £10k and that could trigger an alert with the spanish tax people (I have to disclose my uk and spanish bank statements every year AND worldly assets) I am not planning to travel to the UK also... anyway, no horror stories so far on this post. CGT is royal pain in the rear-end but I can't see any way to avoid disclosure without potentially getting into a lot of trouble.

Thread: Any major complications for brits in Spain purchasing gold?

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