Solar Power First

We appreciate that when considering whether or not you’re going to purchase solar panels for your home, one of the key bits of information you’ll be interested in is how much energy solar panels produce in the average day? What are the key factors? Well, when you break that question down, there are actually several factors to consider. The first factor is that of the size of the solar panel system that you choose to install at your home. The larger the system, the more electricity it will produce. A good solar supplier will assess your energy needs and recommend the ideal number of solar panels for your home, ensuring the system produces enough energy per day to suit you. The second factor is the position of the panels, both in the direction the roof is facing and the pitch of the roof. For the ideal performance of solar panels, you should look at installing on a south-facing roof at an angle of 35 degrees. Saying that however, there are a range of positions in which solar panels can ...

To answer this question simply, yes you can install solar panels on a flat roof. In fact, they can be a perfect location for your new solar panels to be installed. It may be slightly more expensive than the usual installation of solar panels on a sloped roof, as there will be an extra cost per panel for mounting. That said, the panels won’t be visible from street level, so from a visual angle you may prefer this.  Most importantly, you’ll still gain the full range of benefits that come from the generation of solar energy for your home. In many ways, solar panels on a flat roof can offer greater flexibility to the design than with a sloped rooftop solar installation.  It may even be that on some days you gain a little more in terms of energy generation from your solar panels throughout the day. How do solar panels work on a flat roof? After the installation of solar panels - whether on a flat roof or a sloped roof - the real work of generating clean and renewable energy for yo...

As you consider whether or not to purchase solar panels and a solar battery for your home, it may be worth finding out a little bit more with regards to the mechanics of a solar battery and how it works, in order to give you a better understanding of how much benefit the addition of a solar battery could provide to you. Most people are now fairly familiar with solar panels and how they go about taking in sunlight and converting it into solar energy for use in the home, but many people are perhaps less aware of how solar batteries work. Solar batteries are much newer on the scene in terms of being used regularly in homes, but they have gained popularity in recent years and with good reason when you see the benefits they can offer. In essence, where the solar battery offers the most advantage is in being able to store the solar energy generated by your solar panels and keep hold of it for the exact time that you need to use it in the home. This would most usually be seen in your solar ba...

As many people in the UK consider whether or not they should get solar panels fitted at their homes, one of the biggest questions that is often posed is whether solar panels are able to work effectively in the UK.  This is a somewhat understandable question, given that most places in the UK are not exactly known for the amount of sunlight that we receive for the majority of the year! In reality, the situation is quite different with regards to how solar energy is generated and how that impacts the effectiveness of solar panels in the UK, so we are pleased to be able to break some of these misconceptions down for you here as you make a decision on solar panels for yourself. The fundamental misunderstanding in this area is that solar panels require a sunny day to generate solar energy. While of course a sustained period of sunshine would be highly conducive to generating a good amount of solar energy, in reality all the solar panel needs is daylight in order to be able to convert sol...

Solar energy generation works with the technology of utilising photovoltaic (PV) cells within solar panels to take in the sun’s rays – which are there during daylight whether it feels sunny or not – converting sunlight directly into electricity.  The solar energy generated by the solar panels can be used directly towards powering your home during the daylight hours. That said, once the sun has gone down at night you’ll obviously no longer have access to new electricity being created if all you have is solar panels. That’s where the addition of a solar battery as part of the installation is a key consideration. But does every solar supplier offer this option? Do Many Solar Panel Suppliers Offer Battery Storage? From our research, not many solar panel suppliers in the UK offer combined solar panel and solar battery storage. This is not ideal, as for anyone who wants control over the carbon footprint of your home, reducing your reliance on traditional electricity suppliers and lowerin...

  As more and more households around the UK add solar panels to their homes in pursuit of both the financial savings and environmental benefits of solar energy, now could be the time to look at whether solar panels are right for you. With this in mind, we thought we’d take a short look at some of the key features of solar panels to help inform you on whether they could be the right option for your home. Energy generation The first, and in many ways most important, feature of solar panels is in their ability to generate solar energy. There are often misunderstandings in this area with regards to how and when the solar panels can generate energy for use in your home, for example many people think that it is only in direct bright sunlight that such energy can be generated. This is by no means true, as solar panels only really need daylight to generate solar energy. While it is true that in the summer months solar panels will tend to generate more energy, this is just as much down to t...

Solar batteries offer a range of benefits when installed at a domestic property. Here, we have put together a short guide to offer you all the key information at your fingertips before choosing the right domestic solar battery storage option for your home, including the solar panel cost. As solar panels have become more effective in generating energy for homes, and solar panel cost has come down, solar panels have become a more popular option. Adding even more benefit is the ability of a domestic solar battery to be able to store the surplus solar energy produced. This allows homeowners to use stored energy that is generated during the day , to power a home at night. By adding a solar battery to your solar panels, you will have a larger initial outlay, but you can see much more benefit in reducing your energy bills and lowering your carbon footprint.  What does a solar panel and battery system do? Most people are familiar with solar panels, with a huge increase in the number of in...

Each solar energy user will have different energy requirements, so it is important to find the perfect system size to match their lifestyle and needs.  Solar energy savings can help first-time homeowners, families looking at ways to cut household bills, property developers maximising value before selling a home, and those looking to reduce their carbon footprint. Many companies offer a minimum 10-year guarantee backing up the performance of their solar batteries . Additionally, by seeking solar panel and solar battery cost options on flexible payment terms, many customers can gain instant access to energy savings while spreading the associated costs over more manageable payment arrangements. Do the savings match the cost? With electricity prices taking a significant chunk out of the monthly budget of many homes, the solar panel battery has become an ideal alternative. Solar energy users who install a solar battery alongside their solar panels can experience up to 50% in annual ener...