I’ve spent part of the last week in the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire areas meeting prospective installation partners – it’s been really stimulating. As you may have gathered, we believe that a physical survey is not necessary in most instances and that by lending our expertise remotely to customers (with online and phone support) we can...
Recruiting Installation Partners
Friday, September 23rd, 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 –...
Sanyo HITs and SMA WebBox
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011Today we completed a 1.92 kWp Sanyo HIT install in Trevone, North Cornwall. The roof was a little tricky at the design level – tight angular hipped roof where we needed to use the space as best we could. We went with an 8 panel design – using Sanyo HIT high-efficiency panels and a high-efficiency...
Export Rates high – surprise surprise
Monday, July 11th, 2011Over the last few days, the press have highlighted research done by the Energy Saving Trust about how much electricity is exported in a typical system, and, consequently, how much a ‘rent-a-roof’ scheme might really make a customer. Are you getting accurate estimates from your potential PV...
South Wales 4kWp installation goes well
Monday, June 27th, 2011Another week, another install. Our teams are still largely leading installs around the country although we will soon be involving partners more closely – and will finally hand over to partners in certain areas of the country. But for now, we are doing plenty of travelling! Read about the install further below. And last week...
City Centre Install
Monday, June 20th, 2011Many of our installs seem to be out in the country, or on the fringes of towns. But every now and again we are installing in a city centre environment. Such installs often have their own...
Fission Slips!
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011Angela Merkel announced this morning that Germany will aim to wean itself off Nuclear Power completely by...
Not so sunny North Cornwall!
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011We completed a fun job last week at Treyarnon Bay, North Cornwall. It was a 3.995 kWp system – using very nice Schott 235 panels and the ever dependable Diehl Ako 3800S. The install was overseen by our core install team, while also integrating members of a local installer. Our install partnership programme is beginning...
Lucas vs Monbiot
Saturday, March 26th, 2011At last, the Guardian stops making life so easy for George Monbiot. Caroline Lucas from the Green Party actually makes quite a good fist of making George look foolish in their debate in today’s Guardian, billed as renewables versus...
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...