PHOTO VOLTAIC PANELS

A roof of pure panels and no tiling. Big in the states on new builds and offices

We should have a few of these in our back garden by June. Not right in our faces but not in the shade either!

Anchoring down the panels. Good fixings are paramount

Great symmetry! A job to be proud of. The shade from the tree will cut down on power gain though. I think this system is around a 7kw output at peak!

Turning Light into Clean, Affordable ElectricitySolar panels silently convert light into electricity. They have no moving parts, require little maintenance and are designed to last for many years. Solar panels use the “photovoltaic effect”, discovered by Edmund Becquerel in 1839, to produce electricity directly from sunlight. Solar panels work best in direct sunshine, but they also work well even on cloudy days.

Solar panels can supply a substantial proportion of the electricity needs of a typical household. They are often mounted on the roof or on the ground and connected to the local electric utility, either supplying all the power directly to the home or pumping the excess back to the utility. Apart from reducing your utility electricity bill homeowners can often sell any surplus electricity directly back to the utility at an attractive rate.

Solar panels are also used for commercial applications ranging from large-scale power plants to small family-run businesses. The applications are almost endless, but each has the same idea in mind: harnessing the power of the sun to make clean, affordable electricity.Insert body text here ...

The image to the right shows a domestic dwelling making the best of clean and free energy.

Okay, not quite free in the first place, but the aim at Sunn-ergy.com is to have your system pay for itself earlier and then supply free electricity thereafter.

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As you can see, some installations are of a commercial nature. Not pretty we agree. But tucked out of the way they shouldn't have too big an impact on the naked eye.

At the end of the day, we have to accept that these everyday sightings will be for the better in the long term.

Some modules high in tensile strength. They can vary as to their power output for the same number of cells or cm2.

Sadly they are very, very expensive. But we can change all that. I personally, have already proved (in the world of lightweight carbon fibre) that you can rule out all the middle men and get right to the factories that make the goods you required.

We already have a good source for the PV cells and need to find all the others out there that make components for the items required to make clean and free and clean energy.

PV panels are made up of smaller cells. They also vary in size and output. They are very fragile and can chip or break quite easily. Care must be taken when installing them. A few small chips on the edges won't really make any differance to the performance. Chipped cells can be bought as 'seconds' on Ebay.

We sell them for 2 euros per watt plus delivery. Ask for details by way of our contact page.