Wind of change
We were very pleased to assist Electric Corby and their Italian partners Wind City with installing their experimental Vertical Axis Wind Turbine at the Corby Innovation Centre. Years in the making this revolutionary system uses pivoting blades to maximise the amount...
Maximum power, maximum efficiency
This system consists of 16 roof mounted 400W REC Pure Alpha panels and 6 wall mounted 400W Sunpower high efficiency panels for a total of 8.8kW of generation. There are also 2 inverters and 5 5.8kWh batteries to maximise the off-grid power available all year round and...
Small but perfectly formed
This small system was installed to help the customer meet the new build EPC values, but it was also designed to allow fitting more generation in future. 1kW was fitted on this slate garage roof initially, with capacity for 4.5kW total, and a Zappi car charger was...
How long is a PV string?
A set of solar panels connected together is known as a 'string' - and what affects one panel in the string (eg shade from a tree) can affect them all, like a blockage in a garden hose. So what if you can't get all your panels on one roof, or you have two rooves facing...
Domestic solar reaches significant milestone
According to new data from MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme) – the national standards body for renewables – solar photovoltaic (PV) panels installed on British homes equates to 3GW of electricity for the UK grid for the first time ever last year. This...
0% VAT on solar – what it means for you
This week chancellor Rishi Sunak announced cutting VAT to zero upon installing energy efficient systems such as solar panels, heat pumps and insulation, but what does this mean for the price of an install? Although installers will still pay VAT on the materials they...
A full battery is a happy battery 🙂
Another south facing array with plenty of batteries, this customer went for 17.4kWh of storage to capture as much solar power as possible from their solar array, as well as a Solar iBoost to heat the hot water tank. This was a fairly straightforward install with 14...
Who’s Eddi anyway?
"Who's Eddi?" I hear you ask. Eddi is really smart and well connected little guy, and working together with his friend Zappi he's an energy-saving genius. We fitted the Myenergi Eddi hot water energy diverter along with an Zappi EV charger to make the most of the...
South facing = super power
This was an ideal site for solar panels, and with a directly south facing roof and no shading it was always going to be a PV powerhouse. In fact the 6kW of generation regularly makes between 10kWh and 20kWh a day, and more than 30kWh on sunny days, and that's just in...