Brighter - Solar Panels Installation Service
To explain a typical solar panel installation’s costs and benefits, here is an illustration of a south-facing, 12 panel, 4.68 kW system.
- You would need 27m2 clear roof space
- It would create on average 3946kWh / year of useable electricity. It is worth noting that the average household consumption is 4000 kWh / year
- This would save you an average of £805 per year and calculated at 0.34p/kWh as of 30/01/2023
- Total cost of this solar panel installation is £5,800 with 0% VAT
** The 3946kWh kWh/year is based on a south-facing, 12-panel system with 405W panels in York. The system is roof mounted without shading at an inclination of 40 degrees.
This cost of solar panel installation example is based on using 405 watt solar panels measuring 1722x1134mm, standard on-roof fixings, relevant inverter, standard cabling and excludes scaffolding.
- 3.44kW solar panel system and 5.8 kWh battery storage
- All mounting and ancillary components
- Full installation and commissioning
- All Certifications (MCS, Electrical, DNO, Roof Structural)
- 25 year performance warranty on the solar panels
- *The prices quoted are for guidance only based on material prices at the time and availability of stock.
Photovoltaic solar panels create electricity at the time it is generated – in the middle of the day, which is often when we are not in the house or requiring much electricity. By installing a solar battery system, we are able to save the generated energy and store it for when we need it, or even sell it back to the grid!
In this way we can improve the above illustration in useable output by 40% adding to the savings!
This illustration is the cost of the solar panel system with the simple addition of a battery
- It can create 3946 kWh/year
- This would save you an average of £1342 per year and calculated at 0.34p/kWh as of 30/1/2023
- Total cost of the solar panel and battery installation is £10,600 with 0% VAT
The above cost example is based on using 405 watt solar panels measuring 1722x1134mm, a 8.6kW battery, standard on-roof fixings, relevant solar inverter, standard cabling, excludes scaffolding and assumes 100% usage.
Solar panels work by using photovoltaic cells to convert energy from the sun into electricity. Photovoltaic cells are made of layers of semiconductor materials, such as silicon, that have been treated with specific chemicals to create an electric field.
When sunlight hits a solar panel, the energy from the sunlight is absorbed by the semiconductor materials, which causes the electrons in the materials to become excited and move around. As the electrons move, they generate an electric current. This current is then channeled through wires and used to power homes, businesses, and other buildings.
Photovoltaic solar panels harness light to generate free, low-carbon electricity for use in your home or business, allowing you to significantly reduce your electricity bills and contribute to lowering our collective carbon footprint.
Generate free low-carbon electricity all year around for free and rely less on your electricity supplier. Protect yourself against electricity price rises and use this free energy to help with your domestic requirements, your electric car charging and with adaptions, even your domestic hot water. We feel this is a better way forward than offering solar thermal technology.
Join the fight against climate change by reducing your reliance on fossil fuels and instead opt for low-carbon, renewable energy. Solar electricity produces no emissions that add to greenhouse gases causing climate change.
There are many different types of solar panels, suitable for most applications. They can be quickly and simply installed to sit on the roof or integrated within the roofline by our MCS certified team. They can be stand-alone and added to and require minimal maintenance. Solar panels are also often now deemed acceptable even in conservation areas as ‘permitted development’, so long as not visible from main roads.
By supplementing solar PV panels with a battery you increase its effectiveness by nearly 40% by harnessing all the solar energy created and using it when you need it.
The Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) allows homes and businesses that generate renewable and low carbon electricity, to be paid for energy supplied to the grid.
Following the government’s decision to offer further support the renewables industry, solar panel installations now benefit from 0% VAT.