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Showing posts with label solar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label solar. Show all posts
Sunday, 23 October 2022

How to recycle solar panels: the cheap and cheerful approach

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A recent journal paper suggests a new approach to recycling solar panels [1]. This is very much a cheap and cheerful approach (my words) com...
Sunday, 11 July 2021

Do people with PV panels consume more electricity?

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Calculations of the benefits of renewable energy usually make the assumption that people will continue to use electricity in the same way th...
Saturday, 29 May 2021

Savings on bills and carbon with TOU tariffs

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Converting our heating and transport energy to electricity increases demand which puts strain on the grid. However, it is primarily the peak...
Friday, 15 September 2017

The cost of building too many solar farms

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Solar panels give us plenty of power in the summer when we don’t need so much and not much in the winter when we do. Building solar is like ...
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Friday, 14 July 2017

One year on from the inverter upgrade

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We installed our PV panels in 2011 and last year we upgraded the inverter system, installing SolarEdge equipment. We were promised better yi...
Thursday, 15 September 2016

Does the UK need solar electricity?

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I am not against solar PV panels in other countries where the pattern of demand is different, but in the UK our peak heating demand is in th...
Thursday, 16 June 2016

Is it worth getting battery storage to go with your solar PV?

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Now that the Feed in Tariff rates are reduced and PV is hard to sell, some solar power companies are pushing battery storage instead, to peo...
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Monday, 6 June 2016

How much electricty does the solar hot water panel pump use?

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We have solar panels for heating our hot water. As well as using free energy from the sun, they use some electricity - this powers the pump ...
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Wednesday, 18 November 2015

How much is reasonable for a PV Feed in Tariff?

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The government says that the Feed in Tariffs for renewables including PV panels are too high and must be reduced because the subsidy costs t...
Tuesday, 7 April 2015

Should you spend some of your pension pot on Solar PV?

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Now you have more freedom to do what you like with your pension pot, you might like to spend some of it on solar panels for your home. You m...
Friday, 27 March 2015

What you could save with a battery to go with your PV panels

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The day is coming when batteries are cheap enough that you can get one to go with your solar electricity panels. With this you can use your ...
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Wednesday, 12 November 2014

Solar electricity is like ice cream

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In the UK our peak electricity demand is in the winter. Solar PV panels deliver 6 times more power in the summer than in the winter. Solar P...
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Monday, 20 October 2014

Solar hot water for combi boilers

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Making use of solar hot water with a combi boiler is difficult because most combi boilers don't work with preheated water. However, Viri...
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Thursday, 1 May 2014

How much more does rooftop solar cost?

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The subsidies for solar electricity (PV) panels are currently 5.4p/kWh higher for residential rooftop panels than for ground mounted systems...
Thursday, 27 March 2014

How much heat are you getting from your solar panel?

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If you have solar panels heating your hot water, do you know how much heat you are getting from them? The reason I ask is that I recently ...
Thursday, 14 November 2013

How much is too much PV?

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The BBC reported today that the owner of a caravan park in Northern Ireland was refused permission to install a 50kWp solar panel array beca...
Tuesday, 5 November 2013

What will PV panels do to your school's energy bill?

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In a previous post I showed you some analysis of gas use data from some schools in Hertfordshire ( Potential energy savings in Schools ). I ...
Tuesday, 11 June 2013

What is the value of solar electricity?

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In the UK we have Feed in Tariffs (FiTs) which pay us for every unit of electricity we generate from our solar panels whether we use them ou...
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Sunday, 3 March 2013

Should I use electricity from my PV panels to heat my hot water tank?

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If you have PV panels, you want to make the best use of the free electricity you get from them and I have been asked several times if it is ...
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Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Energy storage smooths out the peaks but who will own it?

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Solar electricity (PV) panels are still a minor player in the UK electricity market, despite the boom driven by high Feed in Tariffs. PV cap...
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