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Solar PV Prices Increase in 2016
The Governments department of Energy and Climate Change, DECC released statistics in June showing that the average cost of installing 0 – 4Kw PV systems over the UK have shown a sharp increase in price since January 2016 with the … Continue reading
Battery Storage for PV Systems
In most cases the majority of electricity produced by domestic solar systems is exported from the house to the local grid rather than being consumed by the house demand – electricity is produced in the day when there is low … Continue reading
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Installing PV after the Feed In Tariff Cuts
The recent reduction in the feed in Tariff rates has certainly shown a slowdown in installation however we have had 4 post-cut installations with another one confirmed for the end of April. Being able to produce your own electricity rather … Continue reading
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RHI Reduction June 2015
RHI Degression Announcement 30 April 2015 DECC has published their monthly forecast of RHI expenditure today. It indicates that the small biomass tariff in the non-domestic RHI will be reduced with 25%. However, the removal of dormant applications and changes … Continue reading
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Gas Analyser Calibration Certificate
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DECC RHI Update
The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive is a government scheme which provides financial incentives for using renewable heating in place of fossil fuels in domestic properties. The Domestic RHI offers eligible participants the chance to receive quarterly subsidies for generating renewable … Continue reading
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December 2014 RHI Uptake figures
The DECC Monthly Reports released on 30th January for RHI show that the level of applications for Domestic RHI is above the super trigger – if the forecast expenditure remains at the same growth rate, then the biomass tariff will … Continue reading
April 15 – FITs cut confirmed today
The feed-in tariff rates for both the 0-10kW and 50kW-5MW capacity bands will degress by 3.5% from April 2015 The latest figures published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change show that 124MW fo capacity was deployed in Q4, … Continue reading
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Evacuated Tubes- Dunbar inbetween January snow showers.
The final evacuated tube being fitted to the manifold on this 30 tube system in Dunbar in between snow showers on a brisk January day. The collectors are connected via a pump station to a 300l unvented cylinder with twin … Continue reading
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PV Panels and strong Wind
When surveying for PV installations we are often told by the customer that they are exposed to strong winds and will the panels cope with this? As part of the design process the wind loading of the panels is calculated … Continue reading
