About Solar Panels

From April to September instead of using Oil or Gas and Electric to run your home the sun can do it for you. You can have high temperature water without turning on your boiler and without the expense of an emersion heater. You could save loads on your yearly electricity bills by installing a small PV (Photo-Voltaic System). Installing a solar system will also significantly reduce your carbon emissions.

What is the difference between Solar Water Heating (SWH) and Photo-Voltaic (PV) Systems?

Systems should provide at least 60% of the hot water you require each year for bathing, showering, washing dishes etc. By heating the water in your cylinder using solar energy it reduces the amount of oil, gas or electric you would normally use to do this. PV Systems create electricity to power the appliances in your home or business, off setting the grid electricity you would normally use and therefore reducing the amount you normally spend on electricity in a year. The two systems work independently of each other. In both cases you are saving money while saving the environment.

Solar Water Heating SWH Works

Fluid passes though the specially treated panel being heated by the suns rays. Once warmed a sensor will activate the pump to send this heated fluid to your cylinder where it passes through a heat exchanger releasing the heat into the cylinder, the cooled liquid then returns to the panel for re-heating.

How Photo-Voltaic Works - A huge amount of energy falls every day from the sun to the earth. You can use this energy to power your appliances in your home or business. The energy is picked up by the panels which creates DC energy, an inverter then converts this to AC energy to use in your home or business to power everything including lights. If the system produces more than you need then it will spill this additional energy back onto the grid.

Does It Work? - YES! We have sufficient day light hours to make these systems viable to the UK market. These systems are highly efficient and selected to perform well in the UK climate.

What If The Systems Aren’t Producing Enough? - In this case the systems are designed to allow energy to come into your home from the national grid or via your emersion heater/boiler. This will normally only be necessary on winter days and at nights.