Answering Your Questions about Solar Panel Installation inthe UK

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Welcome To The Contact Solar
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Answering Your Questions about Solar Panel
Installation inthe UK

• Solar panel installation is popular in the
  UK, particularly in certain counties. For
  instance, solar panel installation Essex has
  doubled in recent years, and is helping to ensure
  that the South East stays well ahead of the curve
  in solar panel installation. However, some people
  are reluctant to install solar panels. For some,
  its because they cant afford the initial layout
  costs thats fair enough solar panels are
  expensive. For others, its because they dont
  understand the process properly and they have a
  few unanswered questions.

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• Weve written this article with the latter type
  of person in mind. Here, were going to address
  some of the questions that you undoubtedly have
  about solar panel installation. So, whether
  youre looking for solar panel installation
  Essex, the South East, or anywhere else in the
  country, and you have a few unanswered questions,
  this article should help to answer these.
• Do Solar Panels Work In Winter?
• Clearly, winter in the UK is somewhat lacking
  sunlight. On the shortest day of the year, the
  21st December, we have 8hrs of daylight. Thats
  not a lot of time to generate electricity. Were
  not going to lie electricity production does
  reduce during winter. So, in the winter, your
  solar panels will not produce as much electricity
  as they do in summer. However, there are two ways
  in which this is largely irrelevant

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• If you have batteries, you can store some summer
  electricity for use during the winter.
• If you are registered with the Feed inTariff
  (the government initiative whereby solar panel
  owners are able to sell electricity back to the
  grid), you will have sold electricity in the
  summer. This money can be used to pay the
  electricity that you use in winter that has come
  from the grid.
• Do Solar Panels Work When Its Cloudy?
• In the UK, its quite cloudy. We dont get very
  many sunny days. However, while this has some
  effect on the amount of electricity generated,
  its quite negligible. Solar panels work by
  converting UV rays into electricity using a
  photovoltaic material (in the case of most solar
  panels in the UK, we use polycrystalline silicon
  which has the cool property of changing UV in to
  voltage). These panels dont need direct sunlight
  per se, but more direct UV, which they get in the
  UK especially if the panels point due south.

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• Do You Need A Special Kind of Roof?
• You dont need a special roof, but your roof
  does need to satisfy some conditions
• It needs to be south-facing. East-facing and
  West-facing roofs are ok, but theyre not as
  efficient as south-facing roofs. However,
  north-facing roofs are a no-no.
• It needs to be strong enough to support the
  panels and the frames. A building surveyor will
  need to assess the roof for strength. They will
  check the inside and the outside of the roof.
• It needs to be free from objects that cast
  shadows over the panels. For instance, other
  buildings or trees. You can deal with things like
  trees, but if a building over shadows the panels,
  then your roof is probably unsuitable.

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