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Which Solar Panels For Your Home?

If you have decided to install some sort of solar energy in your home then you must already be aware of the advantages. Finding a source of clean, cheap energy is important for everyone now and solar is a great option.

For a long time solar energy was seen as expensive and many people were reluctant to invest. However with improvements in technology, manufacture and a lower price, now is a great time to choose some solar panels for your home.

Types Of Solar Energy

When you start looking into the different types of solar energy you will see that the systems broadly fall into two categories. You will have to choose whether to install a system to heat water or generate electricity. There are advantages to each type of system.

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Solar Heating Panels

Solar heating panels or solar collectors will heat water so they take over from the boiler during the day. They convert solar radiation into heat and so do not need direct sunlight. These systems are cheaper to install and can cut household energy bills by approximately fifteen percent. However they cannot be used to heat the house or generate electricity but they are smaller than the other panels.

Photovoltaic Solar Panels

Solar panels which use photovoltaic cells can change the heat from the sun into electricity. They are more expensive but can save the average household around twice as much as heating panels. You can also get Government grants in many countries to help with the initial costs.

You will need to have a decent amount of space on the roof to have them and work out how many you will need. You can have the main part of the system installed and add extra panels later. If you reach a point where the panels are generating excess power then you can either store it or sell it to power companies.

Monocrystalline Cells

Photovoltaic panels are now available with three different types of cell. Each new type has become more efficient at generating electricity. Monocrystalline cells are the most efficient with a rating of about fifteen to twenty percent efficiency. However they are of course the most expensive to manufacture and therefore buy.

New Technology

Technology for solar power is changing all the time. For example, there are new innovations which make them more efficient and able to function with less sunlight. Solar heating panels can be made with evacuated tubes which collect the heat. There are now models made specifically for colder climates which are insulated to stop heat loss.

Choose Carefully…

When deciding which type of solar energy to have in your home you will need to consider the location as this may limit your choice. You should also think about how much hot water or electricity your household uses. The output for panels is given as a peak power rating calculated in a standardized test. It is best to research well and ask advice from professionals about exactly what to buy and what you can expect to get from it.

This is a good time to invest in solar energy for many reasons. There are lots of options available when choosing solar panels for your home so you should be prepared to spend some time considering and looking around before you decide.

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What Are Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Panels?

Photovoltaic solar panels (or PV solar panels for short) are the type of solar panels most commonly associated with a home solar system. In simple terms, this is the type of panel that produces electricity from the sun’s rays.

The term actually refers to the type of material found inside a solar cell. This typically consists of: monocrystalline silicon, polycrystalline silicon, microcrystalline silicon, cadmium telluride, and copper indium selenide/sulfide. (source Wikipedia)

It is this material that allows PV solar cells to harness solar radiation, turning it into direct current electricity. This process is know as the photovoltaic effect.

Photovoltaic (PV for short) comes from words ‘photo’ (meaning light), and ‘voltaic’ (meaning electric).

Using PV Solar Panels At Home

As you might have guessed, photovoltaic solar panels are the type you will be working on if you decide to make solar panels for your home. The PV cells themselves are not particularly expensive, and you will be learning to wire them together to create your own solar panels.

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Of course the whole point of creating your own eco-friendly electricity is to reduce your household’s energy bills. And by using the electricity you generate to power your household appliances you will be doing just that.

All of the energy generated by your photovoltaic solar system will need to be stored in a battery bank and your appliances can be powered directly via an inverter.

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The Financial Benefits of Photovoltaic Solar Panels

The ultimate goal of every home solar system is to reduce the amount of electricity taken from the national grid. And by doing this you can reduce your annual electricity bill by quite a substantial amount, depending on the capacity of your solar system of course.

As an added incentive you can also take advantage of the UK Government’s Feed In Tariff (FiT), or Clean Energy Cash Back Scheme as it is also know.

The basic idea here is that you will be paid a guaranteed amount for every unit of solar electricity you produce yourself, regardless of whether you use this energy in your own home.

As a bonus, you will also be paid and additional 3 to 5 pence for every kWh (Kilowatt-Hour) you release back to the national grid. So not only is your PV solar power saving you money, it is earning you money too.

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Solar Panels For Your Home ? Too Expensive?

Take a look at the picture to the left. Idyllic isn’t it? But ask yourself one question: When was the last time you actually saw a house with solar panels on the roof, or in the garden? A month ago, a year ago, NEVER!?

But hang on a moment… Solar panels for your home are environmentally friendly, they harness a renewable source of energy, and they can help to reduce your energy bills by hundreds of pounds a year. So why aren’t more of us using them?

Because of the COST.

Typically £8-15K is too much for most of us to invest in solar energy. But now there is a much more cost effective way of converting your home to solar power…

As I’ve already mentioned, the typical cost of a home solar power system will run into many thousands of pounds. This is all well and good as long as you have the capital to be able to afford such an outlay, and you understand that you are making a 15-30 year investment.

The Home Solar Panel Investment

Let’s try and understand the solar energy ‘investment’ with some simple maths: (don’t go to sleep )

We are going to assume the following:
Roof-mounted 2.52kw home solar system, cost: £14000
Units of electricity generated per year (850kWh per kW installed): 2142kWh
Income (UK Government Feed in Tariff (FiT) pays 41.3p per kWh generated: £885pa
Saving (assume 70% power generated (1499kWh) used at home & standard elec. price is 8p per kWh): £120pa
Income (assume 30% of power generated (643kWh) is sold back to the grid @ 3p per kWh): £19.00pa

Total Annual Benefit (Income + Saving) = £1024

So it would take roughly 14 years to payback or recover your initial investment. And since solar technology has been proven to last for 30 years or more, you should have at least 15 years of pure profit.

Unfortunately we have been brought up in a world where £1 in your pocket now has a higher perceived value than £0.50 in your pocket now, but £5 in your pocket in 5 years time. Not to mention the fact that many of us just aren’t able to raise the kind of capital required with the economy the way it is.

Little wonder then that more and more of us are turning to DIY home solar panel kits as an affordable and effective solution…

DIY Home Solar Panels – An Affordable Solution

DIY solar panels for your home allow you to build your own panels for around £100 each, so you can spread the cost of your solar energy system over time.

What’s more, you get the instructions to join multiple panels together to really build up the power of your solar network.

Each PV panel can be built over the course of a couple of days (a great weekend project) or even quicker once you get the hang of things.

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