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Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of technologies such as solar panels to generate electricity.
PV (Photovoltaic) technology is the term used to describe the key bits of hardware that converts sunlight into usable energy. By harnessing the Sun's renewable energy, homeowners and businesses across the country are managing to save large amounts on energy bills, whilst doing their bit for the environment.
The photovoltaic panels that you’ll see on many houses across the country work by harnessing sunlight. Each panel will have a series of cells that generate usable electricity through the flow of photons from the Sun.
Each cell will have a positively and negatively charged semiconductor that catches the sunlight. This action causes electrons to bounce free from the tightly-packed solar cell, which creates a flow of electricity called DC (direct current).
Whilst most home appliances can’t use this directly, you can easily convert this electricity into AC, which is what we all use day to day. To do this, solar PV systems will use an inverter, which inverts the energy into AC (alternating current), where it can be used more easily.
A PV system doesn’t rely on hugely bright sunlight in order to operate, meaning even in the UK, it's cost-effective to install solar. In fact, when there’s cloud cover, you can sometimes even generate higher energy yields, because of the reflection, compared to clear blue skies.
Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end, as was the case for the governments feed-in tariff incentive for installing solar panels. The FIT scheme ended in April of 2019 and is no longer offered to households or businesses for installing PV. However, there are new incentives offered to customers in 2022 such as 0% VAT on Solar PV installations.
Yes you can. Electricity providers now offer an SEG tariff (smart export guarantee), allowing you to earn off of energy exported back to the grid. As of Summer 2022, providers such as Utility Warehouse and Octopus Energy offer the most competitive SEG rates, in and around 5.5p to 7.5p per kWh.
A battery storage system can be installed in your home or business to store excess/surplus energy generated by a Solar PV system or purchased from the grid.
A battery solution allows you to rely less on the grid during high rate electric periods, use stored energy to power appliances in your home or business and even charge an electrical vehicle.
By using stored energy, you can make savings on electrical bills and depend on renewable energy more often.
Battery Storage systems offer endless benefits. Some of the key reasons as to why you should consider a battery system at your home or business include:
A battery system works by storing solar energy produced by photovoltaic panels or by storing energy imported from the grid. The battery can store energy in kWh up to its designed capacity. We offer a range of batteries to meet your needs. Stored energy can be used at any time.
No, you do not need Solar Panels to benefit from a battery. You can have a battery installed without panels and take advantage of cheaper charging times. For most energy providers, this is during the night between 01:00 and 06:00.
A typical family home in the UK uses an average of 9-11kWh a day. Of course, different properties have different requirements and average daily consumption varies. The size of battery your home needs is fully dependant on your consumption. A business may need to a bigger system which can be discussed when we come to see you.
A battery system that matches a PV system size is always sensible, as a battery much greater in capacity with a smaller producing PV system is insufficient and would never reach 100% charge during the day.
We size battery storage solutions to meet your demands.
We’re fortunate to be living in a time of ever-improving technology. All battery systems we install offer the capability of online monitoring. Using the online monitoring system, you can see in real-time how your battery is performing, analyse previous performance by date and time and edit settings relating to your system, such as charging times.*
*Please note that monitoring of your system requires an Internet connection, either wired or wireless.
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