The Smart Money Is Still Going Into Solar Electricity

Photovoltaic solar panels, often referred to as Solar PV

, capture the energy from the daylight and turn it into electricity for free. On top of having free electricity, the Feed-in-Tariff pays home owners for every unit of electricity that they generate from their PV panels, regardless of whether it is used in your home or not. If it is exported to the grid it attracts an extra payment in the form of the export tariff.

Even when the sun is not shining directly on the panels they still will generate electricity, however the more light the better. For this reason the best places in the UK are the sunniest; solar panels in Kent, Essex, Sussex and Wiltshire all do very well. London is also a good place for Solar panels being one of the sunniest cities in the UK. Solar PV works well all over the UK, as modern panels are extremely efficient even in low light intensities. It is also possible to use another kind of solar panel to generate hot water, not electricity, from sunlight for heating or for hot water. These are referred to as Solar Thermal or a Solar Hot Water system.

Solar electricity panels are relatively straight forward to fit: They are light and can be fitted by a competent roofer. An inverted must be fitted which converts the electricity from DC to AC which is the form of electricity required by household electrical appliances, usually in the loft for roof mounted panels. Finally, a generation meter in fitted which measures the amount of electricity produced and therefore the payments that your electricity supplier should give you under the feed-in-tariff. Installation must be carried out by experts. Firstly, for safety and to ensure that the work is done correctly. Secondly, in order to qualify for the Feed-in-Tariff the installation must be carried out by a Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) certified installer. The price of solar panels in London has fallen by nearly half in the last 12 months. Despite highly publicised reductions in the feed-in-tariff rate there is still money to be made from having Solar Panels; there is a glut of installations companies fitting solar panels, particularly around London. Competition is intense and bargains for fitting solar PV can be found from Essex and Kent to Wiltshire and beyond.

As for the future, the government has committed to reducing the feed-in-tariff gradually over time, in 6 monthly intervals. This will undoubtedly suppress demand but deals will be plenty as the cost of fitting is expected to continue to fall sharply. As an example a typical (4kWp) solar panels installation in Kent now cost less than 5,000!

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