Who would have thought it just 5 years ago, let alone 10 that being able to run your house, fill up your car, relax in a piping hot bath or shower and every single bit of the energy required has been generated at home, from your own roof, by the Sun?
All for the cost of a decent 2nd hand car!
That is exactly what is happening in one way or another to over one million British homeowners. People who have solar panels, generate their own power. It feeds into the house during the day and any unused energy can now be captured in batteries for use overnight, in your electric car or in your hot water cylinder.
Until recently, solar has been the reserve of the affluent and whilst costs have dropped by over 60% in the last 10 yrs, solar home energy systems in general are expensive. But up to £750 a yr in savings for the average homeowner, with the right technology, every year for decades to come and the environmental benefits that come with it are very attractive to most.
So how do we bring this ‘modern-day-must-have’ to more people? That’s where our STREET SOLAR campaign is going to help.
Everyone has a neighbour, or someone close to them that shares the same concerns. Rising energy costs, environmental damage, there’s lots we have in common. Well, all those people have considered solar at some point and if they have a bare roof, they’ve dismissed it for one reason or another. It could be the ‘offer’ or the aspect. It could be the cost or look of a solar system.
That’s where Street Solar will help.
Street Solar is where a group of neighbours, or villagers get together, 3 or 4 usually, and have a few installations completed at the same time. The time savings alone could take as much as £1000 off the cost of residential solar and battery system.
Reduced time in presentations, surveying and installation all save money. Bulk purchasing reduces costs which will make solar home energy system more affordable to more people.
There is no ‘One size fits all’ and with so many different systems available it makes perfect sense to learn more about what’s on offer for your own circumstances and energy requirements.
Here at The Solar Shed in Magdalen, we’ve overseen over 1,000 solar home energy systems. New houses, old houses, listed buildings, conservation area properties, awkward roofs, flat roofs, fields, factories farms and even the odd bus shelter and we know we have a solution for every property type. We’ve even been known to build garden rooms and large sheds specifically for solar panels where it would be plain wrong to put them on a house!
And the more we install, in a small area, the cheaper it gets!
Street Solar is the new way to Solar-Power Your Life, let’s have a chat and take it from there. You never know, you may end up as your neighbourhoods Solar Champion!