Solar in the news...
Solar panels and other renewables will be installed on one in ten homes
'Families can earn £900 a year by installing solar panels on their roofs as part of a new Government scheme to pay people to generate their own electricity....'
Source: Telegraph.co.uk
Date: 2 February 2010
More reasons to invest in solar
- Solar energy is free and does not attract any tax!
- Solar Installations only attract 5% VAT.
- Enough sunlight falls on the earth every minute to meet the world’s energy demands for an entire year.
- The Sun radiates enormous amounts of energy to the Earth due to its surface temperature of 6,000°C.
- In the UK we receive vast amounts of solar energy with the average amount of energy received in a year being as much as 60% of that received on the equator. This radiation is similar to the output of 1,000 power stations.
- The range of solar energy that the UK receives per square metre is between 1200 kWh in the south and 800 kWh in the north per annum.
- Using the Sun's energy reduces our consumption of conventional fuel and helps to reduce the emission of harmful greenhouse gases.
- On average we use 3000 kWh per annum on heating water