power your home on the sun
Solar panels are one of the best ways to reduce your energy bills. Put simply, solar panels convert the energy from the sun during daylight hours into electrical energy. After running through a device called an inverter, connected to your solar panels, this electrical energy can be used to power your home.
Every kilowatt-hour or ‘unit’ of electricity is equivalent to one that you’d buy from your energy supplier for around 30p as of summer 2022. With a typical UK solar system generating around 3,500kWh of electrical energy per year, that means over £1,800 worth of energy can be generated on your roof with the October 2022 price cap electricity rate.
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Ultra green source of energy
Minimal maintenance requirements
Hundreds of £’s of annual savings
How it works
1) Solar panels installed on your roof use the photovoltaic effect to convert the energy in photons carried in daylight into an electrical current
2) A solar inverter converts the direct current (DC) power generated from the solar panels into alternating current (AC) power suitable for powering appliances in your home
3) Energy consuming devices in your home use the power from your solar inverter instead of buying in electricity from one of the big energy suppliers
4) Any solar energy that you don’t use gets sent back into the grid and you can get paid by your energy supplier with the smart export guarantee (SEG)
