Solar Panels Nottingham

That depends on many different factors to do with your home and household. The larger your home, generally, the more solar panels you’ll need to power it. But that isn’t always the case as other factors are also at play:

• how much energy you use as a household annually
• how much of that energy you want to cover with solar power instead of power from the grid

Unsure about what size system you’ll need? Don’t worry, as a member of EPVS, we provide accurate estimates about running costs and system sizes and their installation costs. That means we can be trusted not to oversell or overpromise, but instead we’ll send a solar surveyor to your house (or do it remotely) for free, so that we can accurately determine exactly what you’ll need.

We’ll provide you with a quote for the system size we think you need, and then you can make a decision. Our quotes come with zero obligation, so if it’s not what you were hoping for, then there’s no hard feelings if you’re no longer interested. There’s no pressure at Effective Home, we only want you to move to solar power if it’s right for you.

Energy Saving Trust updates guidance on this regularly, meaning it changes based on energy prices at the time of any comparison, and also depends on whether you’re benefiting from the Smart Export Guarantee payments by selling energy back to the grid.

Suffice to say, you will save £100s per year by making the switch, meaning your solar panels will eventually pay for themselves over their 25 year+ lifespan.

Very little, actually. Solar panel cleaning isn’t really necessary in the UK as rain takes care of that for you. If we have a particularly dry stretch in the UK and you notice a dip in performance, then cleaning might be necessary, but otherwise it generally won’t.

However, once a year you could benefit from inspection and maintenance services – an annual recommendation that essentially makes sure your solar panels are working as they should and catches any snags before they turn into bigger issues.

No in most cases you won’t require planning permission for installing solar panels. However, if you’re living in a listed building or conservation area then you most likely will need permission – or at the very least you’ll need to double check with your local authority.

Yes, it’s a common misconception that solar panels only work when it’s sunny out. Whilst sunny days certainly help because there’s more direct sunlight for the panels to turn into electricity, it’s really only daylight that’s necessary for solar panels to function.

Cloudy conditions mean solar panels aren’t going to work at 100% of their capability, but when does anything ever work in optimal conditions 100% of the time? Any predictions we make about the energy your solar system will generate will factor in real-world conditions, so you don’t need to worry about them underperforming when they’re actually installed.