SOLAR THERMAL
A Solar thermal solution uses heat from the sun to warm the hot water in your home. Sunlight is free, so once you’ve recovered the initial cost of the system your hot water costs will be significantly reduced. When the weather is cold, windy or overcast the tube panels significantly outperform the flat plate panels.
How solar thermal works…
Our well-designed and accurately constructed solar thermal solution uses evacuated tubes, instead of the traditional flat plate panels, which are fitted to your roof. Evacuated tube collectors are comprised of an array of twin wall glass tubes with a vacuum that provides excellent insulation against heat loss. The design is very similar to a glass hot water flask used to keep hot water in. Twin wall evacuated tubes have the absorber coating on the inner tube and the space between the two tubes is ‘evacuated’ to form the vacuum. The tubes utilise the rays from the sun to produce hot water for your home.
- Significant savings on your domestic hot water energy bill
- Heated water throughout the year
- Reduce your carbon footprint
- Minimum maintenance
- Guaranteed return on investment
This environmentally-friendly solution takes about a day to install and can reduce your domestic hot water energy bill up to 90%. The initial cost of the system is recovered within the first few years.
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Solar Thermal FAQs
A solar thermal system heats water already inside a panel and does not work when there is no sun. Because the refrigerant enters the combi thermodynamic panel at a lower temperature than water, this system is able to work even during the winter and at night. The thermodynamic panel is placed on the roof, ground mounted or wall and ensures the continuing capture of energy from sunlight on cloudy and rainy days.
Solar thermal systems capture the energy of the sun which means they work best during the sunnier summer months. However, there are still significant cost savings to be made when compared with traditional pool heaters.
As such, these are still a great choice and provide a great, all-year round solution when combined with other renewable systems such as an air source heat pump.
If you use an air source heat pump and/or solar thermal system to solely heat your swimming pool, then you won’t qualify. However, if you also use it to provide heating for the rest of your home, under the current scheme, you can apply for the RHI, which generates a quarterly payment for seven years.
No, unless you own a Listed Building or are in a Conservation Area.
The solar system is usually programmed to heat the water up to 65C.
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