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“Solar panels can save you a lot of money!” – Up until now this was just a myth, a simple marketing ploy. Nowadays, however, there’s a lot more to it. More and more Brits are switching to solar power to benefit from the renewable energy of the sun. This sudden solar energy trend can be explained by the fall in prices for solar panels and tubes. In some places they’ve fallen as much as 35% in 6 months. One of the main reasons for the reduction in price lies with an inaccurate estimate by a Californian consultancy company that had predicted demand would be around 150% more than it actually is for 2009, causing a huge surplus of panels that nobody wants.

Solar energy can be hooked up to individual appliances, such as a boiler; or supplement your mains power, lowering your bills and reducing your carbon footprint. In fact, 27% of the UK’s CO2 emissions come from household energy use and the 5 biggest energy companies in the UK produce more carbon dioxide than all our cars – more than in some other countries.

Solar panels only need some light

Solar panels require little maintenance and use one of the cleanest and most abundant energy sources – the sun. What lots of people don’t realise is that it doesn’t have to be sunny for Solar panels to collect energy. Solar panels work when it’s cloudy, as long as there is some light coming through. Direct sunlight is obviously going to give you on average more energy, but there are people who suggest that when the sun shines through a break in the clouds, it produces even more energy than no cloud cover because of the light that is reflected off the clouds.

Solar energy can be collected and even sold to the national grid if you have any excess. If you’re thinking about having solar panels or solar tubes installed to reduce your carbon footprint, you could try looking online on trade and service platforms such as MyHammer. Qualified tradesmen will be able to tell you everything you need to know and provide you with competitive quotes.

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Tags: environmental, heating, solar energy

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