Get Solar Panels In Southampton And Reduce Your Energy Bills

Solar panels need hardly any maintenance at all – they even self-clean when it rains. A quick washdown with a hose a few times a year will usually shift any other dirt or dust. Zero expense and no need to call an expert out.

There may be occasions, particularly if you live in a Southampton area that experiences dusty or dirty conditions, or if you are blighted by problems with birds, or more specifically their droppings, where you might need to call in the experts to clean your solar panels to keep them working at the efficiency levels that they are capable of.

Your solar PV system will require an inverter to convert the DC electricity to usable AC electricity and these have a life span usually of around 10-12 years. If you see a drop off in performance of your solar system, then it is most likely due to an issue with the inverter, so you should keep an eye on solar electricity production levels and your energy bills for obvious signs of an issue.

No. No red tape, no hassle – most solar PV systems don’t need any special permission from your local authority to be fitted onto your home.

The only exception to this is if you live in a listed building or live in a designated Conservation Area or even a World Heritage site. Even then, you can still have solar panels installed – they just need fitting onto a roof that isn’t visible from a road.

There’s a big difference between sunlight and daylight. Solar panels need daylight to generate power – not the sun’s rays. In recent years, solar panel manufacturers have become more adept at producing solar panels that are better able to generate electricity even when the conditions are less than perfect.

This means you can still generate power with solar panels Southampton even on cloudy days. In fact, less direct sunlight can sometimes be beneficial – too much heat can reduce the power solar panels capture and the electricity generated by up to 25%.

Effective Home offers a choice of ways to pay for any upgrades to your home, such as solar panel systems, with finance options available. We appreciate that not everyone has the money set aside to pay for investments in renewable energy or ways to make their home more efficient.

You’ll find details on our boiler, heating, home insulation and solar product pages – along with any relevant funding that may be available to reduce your costs, such as the ECO Scheme or Boiler Upgrade Scheme.

You don’t have to add a smart solar battery when you install solar panels. However, without battery storage you will only be able to use the electricity your new PV panels generate for your home at the time it is generated, rather than generating energy for later use.

When there is no solar energy to tap into, your energy supply will revert back to the Grid and your electricity provider for its electricity supply. A smart solar battery stores your energy ready so you can use it or store it for when you need it. It is also possible to sell surplus electricity produced by your solar PV system back to the Grid in return for payment under the Smart Export Guarantee, which for new applicants replaced the previous Feed in tariff (FIT) scheme.

During your free home survey, one of our solar panel installers will assess your home and rooftop – this will determine what solar panel installation, if any, is suitable for your home and how many solar PV panels you will need to produce sufficient solar power for your household requirements.

When looking into new solar panels, different factors will affect how many solar panels you need, such as how much energy you use and how much of that usage you would like to be covered by solar energy instead of traditional sources, etc.

We can calculate how much electricity your household in Southampton is likely to need and also give you a good idea of how much money you could make by trading your solar energy on the Grid via SEG.

By generating solar electricity and using your own free energy – instead of power from the National Grid – you can make significant savings on your electricity bills. The Energy Saving Trust calculator estimates that solar panel installations can knock between £335-£525 off your annual bill with the Smart Export Guarantee SEG (based on fuel prices as of October 2023) depending on how much time you are at home during the day, and therefore using the solar electricity being produced.

Using battery storage alongside your solar panels can further increase your savings – because solar batteries will store the surplus energy that you produce, so you can use it when it goes dark and your solar PV system is no longer generating, instead of drawing more electricity from the Grid.