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Benefits of Solar PV
A solar electric (PV) system for an average house costs between £6.5k and £16.5k. The new feed-in tariffs are projected to give you an annual tax free return of 7-12% on that investment for a 25 year period and a break even time of less than 10 years. Great.
It's easy
Home improvements can be a pain to live through. Solar PV isn't like that. It usually only takes a day to install, and this mostly happens outside on the roof. Even the power supply is only broken for a a few minutes whilst the new connections are made.
- Reduce your electricity bill by a third, half or to nothing depending on the size of system installed and the amount of electricity you use.
- Feed in tariff pays you 41.3p for every unit of electricity you produce from April 2010.
- Get paid by your energy supplier for electricity that you don't use.
- Modern systems have a guaranteed operating life of 25 years and will last up to 40 years.
- Increase the value of your home and get an excellent return on investment.
- Only requires daylight so will work all year long and even on cloudy days.
- Little or no maintenance required with a totally silent operation due to solid state technology and no moving parts.
- In most circumstances no planning permission is required and most systems are installed within a day with minimal disruption to you or your home.
- Reduce your carbon footprint and reduce the impact of global warming.
- Create your own electricity for FREE, giving you your own clean and renewable energy power source.
- Insurance backed guarantee with full deposit protection.
Reduce your electricity bill dramatically
When you begin to generate your own solar power, your electricity bill will drop. How much depends on how and when you use electricity (including putting washing machines on timers so that they work during the day when your electricity is free). If you are a 'medium user' (3300 kWh/yr), with a 2.5kWp PV system, you could cut your bill by a third.
Save more every year
Savings are likely to increase over time. The average energy bill for a typical home more than doubled over the past 5 years. With solar PV, you'll be protected from some of this increase by being partly self-sufficient.
Maximise a sleeping asset
If your roof is south facing then it could be making you money!
Increase your home's value
35% of Energy Saving Trust's 2009 survey said they would be willing to pay more for a home where some of their energy supply came from renewable resources, and this is likely to increase as energy prices continue to rise; almost half said would like to know if their home is suitable for renewable energy systems.
Reduce your carbon footprint
Solar power is a 'clean' energy resource and it's not going anywhere. An average solar PV system will replace 'dirty' fuel sources and save around 20% of a home's carbon footprint per year (around 1000kg CO2).
On Grid
On grid means that the solar PV system is connected directly to the national power grid through your mains domestic supply. This means you can export excess electricity back into the grid and you can also benefit from the Feed-In Tariff scheme which will allow you to quickly receive payback on your installation.
This is a typical solaressence electric PV set-up and we recommend a range of proven, high quality PV modules from market-leading manufacturers. We source our PV modules from a select few world class providers including Schüco and Sharp.
All offer market-leading performance and guarantee periods. As a major UK provider we are able to offer these high quality panels at competitive prices enabling you to get the best return on your investment.
1. PV Collector Array
2. PV Array Combiner
3. Grid Tie Inverter
4. Import/Export Meter
5. Connection to the Grid
6. Load
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