Well, there’s the reductions you are going to make on your fuel bills for starters, because generating your own electricity will help reduced those costs considerably.

• Reduced electricity bills: a 2.8 kWp system should be able to generate around 35% of an average household's annual electricity needs.
• Lower carbon emissions: solar panels don’t produce any carbon emissions, which will help to greatly reduce the impact your home has on the environment.
• No running costs: once installed, you won’t have to worry about any operating costs as they create free renewable energy for your home.
• Low maintenance: other than making sure the panels are getting enough light (make sure they’re not being obstructed) there’s not a lot else to worry about.
• Charge an electric car for free: reduce your fuelling costs if you have an electric vehicle.

The UK needs a secure and reliable and balanced electricity supply 24 hours a day.

We also need to make more use of renewable energy resources, such as solar and wind, to reduce our reliance on non-renewable fossil fuels such as oil and gas however, it’s just not that easy to just switch over to using solar and wind for all our energy needs, WHY? The sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always gust meaning that the energy supply can be intermittent.

The solution to this problem lies in battery storage. By storing the energy generated from solar and wind power in reliable, powerful batteries, we can have a power supply that is available 24/7: – without costing the Earth.

Absolutely! It’s actually radiation from the sun, rather than temperature, heat or direct sunlight, that enables solar PV panels to generate electricity.

Solar panels in hot sunny countries are bound to gather more energy, but don’t be fooled into thinking that they won’t work well in the UK. They don’t need constant direct sunlight to work and can still generate electricity when it is cloudy. Don’t forget either that Germany is currently the world leader in solar energy generation – not exactly a country well known for its abundance of sun!