Posts Tagged ‘Solar Panels’

Photovoltaic Installers and Solar Panel Installers

Posted on September 29th, 2009 by by Richard

When looking for photovoltaic installers or solar panel installers it is important that you look for a company or person who is MCS registered in order to assure that your solar panels or photovoltaic panels are installed correctly. MCS stands for Microgeneration Certification Scheme  that certifies microgeneration products and installers in accordance with consistent standards.
Photovoltaic installation can [...]

Solar Water Heating

Posted on June 18th, 2009 by by Richard

Following previous posts examining Solar Panels and what different types of solar panels are, we move on to looking at some popular uses for solar panels. One of the most widely used techniques to save money on utility bills and reduce your carbon footprint is by using solar panels as part of a solar water [...]

Solar Thermal Collectors – What are Solar Thermal Collectors?

Posted on June 17th, 2009 by by Richard

 
The second type of Solar Panels are Solar thermal collectors are devices designed to collect and use the heat given off by the sun to create renewable energy. This technique of using the suns heat to heat something else in order to create renewable energy is used on a smaller domestic scale with solar water [...]

Photovoltaic Modules – What are Photovoltaic Modules?

Posted on June 16th, 2009 by by Richard

 
The term ‘Solar Panel’ refers to one of two devices that collect energy from the sun. The most commonly known and used device are called Photovoltaic Modules. These are the things that we are seeing more and more of on the rooftops of people’s houses and on rooftops of business premises. Solar Panels or Photovoltaic [...]

Solar panels – What are Solar Panels?

Posted on June 13th, 2009 by by Richard

The term ‘Solar Panel’ refers to the two devices used for collecting energy from the sun. The first and most common of these devices are Photovoltaic Modules. These are the more commonly seen solar panels that appear on homes, buildings and on a larger scale in fields to generate electricity. Photovoltaic Panels come in a [...]