The initial investment in PV solar panels is not a small one. However, in my case, my newly acquired pension lump sum was struggling to make me any money in a ‘safe’ bank account, so I looked into pv solar with great interest. It seemed that to get a decent return on investment, you needed to purchase a large sized system, which over the year should produce at least 104% of my electrical needs or thereabouts.
Archive for May, 2010
Why I had solar panels installed to my home?
Monday, May 24th, 2010Mr Cameron – Time to get real over our looming energy crunch
Friday, May 21st, 2010David Cameron, Britain’s new prime minister, may have succeeded in bridging his country’s political power gap, but another looms that could very quickly short-circuit the Tory leader’s grip on national power, unless his coalition government gets real – and quickly – over energy and environment.
Oil drilling in the Arctic must never be allowed
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010Shell yesterday pushed ahead with plans to drill in the Arctic Sea this summer, defying calls for a moratorium on offshore exploration in the pristine wilderness following the Gulf of Mexico disaster.
The global popularity of solar panels
Thursday, May 13th, 2010PV solar panels are expected to provide almost a quarter of the globes electricity supplies by 2050, according to a report published by the International Energy Agency (IEA). With the right policies in place, the IEA says that Photovoltaic solar panels on domestic and commercial buildings could compete with fossil fuel electricity supplies by 2020. By 2030 the IEA anticipate pv solar panels will provide about five percent of global electricity.
The Renewable Heat Incentive for solar panels pioneers
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Get paid to produce your own heat for your home for the next 25 years. The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is a new government backed scheme which is planned to be introduced in the UK in April 2011. Although these details are still to be finalised, at the time of writing. This new scheme is designed to encourage homeowners to generate heat from solar heating panels, by offering a long term financial support structure.
UK energy prices will rise regardless of the election winner
Thursday, May 6th, 2010British consumers can expect higher utility bills no matter which party wins tomorrow’s election, with all three pushing to get more electricity from renewable sources and from plants that burn coal more cleanly.
Homes adding solar panels have reached record numbers
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010The introduction of the new feed-in tariff initiative, the Clean Energy Cashback scheme, last month, has led to growth in the residential solar panel industry that parallels other similar systems in place in Germany, Italy and France.
Lib Dems plans for the environment are the most ambitious of any party
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010Greenpeace have described the Lib Dems plans for the environment as the most ambitious of any party. But both Tory and Labour say their plans to cut carbon to zero without nuclear are unrealistic. In a 3 part series, we will look at what each political party will be doing for environment and the uk energy crunch.
