PV solar panels for this crazy world

The pros and cons of installing free PV solar panels on your property. The evidence is that they were too good to be true. If you’ve got free solar panels, then you need to be aware of the feedback.

The news that Natwest, Nationwide, and the Yorkshire Banks aren’t dispensing mortgages on homes with free PV solar panels! This could come as a shock to some. Read the rest of this entry »

The UK reached a million confirmed PV solar panel installations.

Will you benefit from this once-in-a-lifetime purchase? You can be lucky enough to be installing solar panels at this appropriate time. Throughout my decades of working with solar technologies, I’ve always preached sooner, rather than later. Never has this been so true as it is right now! Read the rest of this entry »

Pondering whether to buy a photovoltaic solar system? There are very few purchases in life that stay with you for three decades. If you bought any type of technological asset, then you’ll know what I mean!

Maximize PV solar panels with an export generation tariff. This is great news for households looking to reduce energy dependence. Read the rest of this entry »

The PV solar panel industry is going through a frenzy of demand. Demand increased because PV installations reduced as traditional expenditure has risen. PV systems cost upward of ten grand in 2010 and that’s without battery storage, tank heating, and EV-charging applications.

Today, photovoltaic installations can be done for a more reasonable £5-6 grand depending on plugins. Read the rest of this entry »

Are solar panels worth installing, I’m asked regularly? So why are solar panels worth installing? I reply, energy expenditure has risen year on year, so why wouldn’t you?

After ten years of enthusiastically shouting from the rooftops about solar panels, I see a very different world from most people. Traditional energy expenditure is a short-lived benefit compared to a one-off PV system purchase. Read the rest of this entry »

I first fell in love with PV solar technology in 2004. I’ve been answering questions from pioneering adopters and thought I’d heard them all. That was until I was asked, “If an electromagnetic pulse will affect my solar panels?”

I will attempt to answer this most unusual of questions. Upon further inquiry, I discovered this question came from current peak solar activity and more than unusual solar flare activity – ejected by the sun. Read the rest of this entry »