Having tried to timetable an installation on my own house for over a year the system went in at the end of last week. As with nearly every job there were some restrictions that had to be carefully thought through at the design stage. In common with a lot of our customers, I wanted to...
Johnny’s PV goes in (at last).
Monday, September 5th, 2011Utilizing SolarEdge to achieve maximum power
Friday, August 26th, 2011At this recent installation near Cambridge we were presented with two common problems: limited space and partial shading. The solution to the space limitation was twofold –...
Fission Slips!
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011Angela Merkel announced this morning that Germany will aim to wean itself off Nuclear Power completely by...
Don’t get mad, get even.
Friday, March 25th, 2011Undercover of all the other momentous events in the news lately came the shocking revelation from Ofgem that, yes, we are indeed being exploited by our energy suppliers. Sorry for the sarcastic tone, but did anyone in the UK think any different? Alistair Buchanan, CEO of Ofgem was having to hype up their recent findings...
RHI Announcement: “Not with a bang but a whimper.”
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011The long-awaited and much-delayed RHI (“Renewable Heat Incentive”) announcement which many hoped would stimulate uptake in renewable heat production in the same way FITs have for renewable electricity was distinctly underwhelming, at least from a domestic perspective. However, perhaps this isn’t too much of a...
Optimising Roof Space – a recent example
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011For many of our clients, getting the optimum power output from a limited amount of suitable roof space is the key challenge. Typically panels are mounted in a ‘portrait’ orientation which seems to be most people’s preference from an aesthetic standpoint. Occasionally however, in order to make the most of the space...
Shading and why it matters
Monday, February 28th, 2011It stands to reason that shading is a bit of a dirty word when it comes to photovoltaic arrays – if there’s shading on a solar module, it’s not going to produce any electricity,...
Micro Inverters bring a new option
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011“What’s a microinverter?” I hear you ask! Well, instead of one big inverter, you have a smaller inverter attached to each panel. Having recently carried out our first microinverter installation we’re really excited about the benefits of this approach for some customers. There are a number of advantages...
PV & Solar Thermal in one!
Sunday, October 24th, 2010This recent installation near Cambridge gave us the opportunity to install both PV and solar thermal systems on one...
UK to become fastest growing PV market in 2010
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010This article in The Independent outlines the rapid growth in PV, not just in the UK but other developed...