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 average cost of a 4kW system now £7644. Lothian Renewables have not implemented any price…
Category: Solar PV
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 than purchasing it from your supplier together with the environmental advantages makes PV an attractive…
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, 2014 in the 0-10KW band – just over the government’s deployment trigger value of 100MW.…
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 and accounted for at different geographical and height locations. Together with the above and the…
MCS and RECC Registration Document/ HETAS / Unvented Certification
Flat Roof PV by RECA
The Completed install. Work began today on a combined pitched roof and flat roof PV system. After confirming from a structural report that the roof was satisfactory for a ballasted flat roof system the RECA Low ballast system was specified. The picture above shows the initial layout, orientated to point south. The system will…
Triangular Panels Now Available.
The majority of roof areas in the UK are hipped, which means they have irregular faces. This can make it difficult to fill all of the available space on the roof with solar PV modules. The triangular and square modules from Trienergia elegantly solve this problem. Lothian Renewables can now offer this design option to customers who…
Maintenance of Renewable Systems
We are often asked about maintenance of PV systems and renewable technologies in general. PV systems are certainly the least demanding when it comes to maintenance and will give a long productive life with little intervention, just by virtue of the technology. It is likely that during the life of the system, 25 years +…
ImmerSun – Increase the performance of your PV system.
Lothian Renewables are now fully authorized by the manufacturer to supply and install the immerSun intelligent PV switch. The sophisticated device continually monitors the output from PV systems and will divert only the excess power being produced and divert it to heat your hot water via your existing immersion heater rather than exporting the power…
North Light Arts Sponsorship
When approached by the North Lights Arts festival in Dunbar to provide electrical power for their festivals beach Hut venue at Dunbar harbour, Lothian Renewables were more than happy to help out by way of fitting an off-grid PV system. The system comprises of a Schott solar PV panel, deep discharge battery, charge controller…