Solar

I'm just starting to look at installing solar pv panels on my home, preferably with export capacity, and was wondering if anyone else around here has done this or can offer advice before I throw around money I don't have.

Water turbines might be a more practical alternative given the current climate don't you think.

My electrical teacher in secondary college used to run a business around solar.. kinda helps living in the middle of a desert though ya know? :)

a) I think the technology is not yet mature enough.
b) Wear more clothes in Winter.

+1, I actually had Radio4 on in the shower today and they were talking about this sort of thing. Apparently, it's only really a viable solution on a large(ish) scale. Individual units for homes generally don't start paying for themselves until 15-20 years, about the time they're going to start to need replacing.

Pv technology is very expensive for the amount of energy produced. A much more cost effective and efficient system is solar water heating (evacuated tubes). Check this site out for more info http://www.navitron.org.uk/

Also as an addition, unless you cover half your roof in panels, you wont generate enough electricity to export back to the grid.

Speak to RPM, under those tatts lurks the heart of a hippy.

You what?!

Fuck, no wonder I'm such a cunt.

:)

Its all your fault!

Pv technology is very expensive for the amount of energy produced. A much more cost effective and efficient system is solar water heating (evacuated tubes). Check this site out for more info http://www.navitron.org.uk/

Also as an addition, unless you cover half your roof in panels, you wont generate enough electricity to export back to the grid.

I would have said something like this^

thanks Flex for saving me the trouble

+1 for Flex, exactly that Sir.
+1 for stevo_com, exactly that Sir.

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