Get Solar Panels Fitted

We ve put this article together to help you find the best way to get solar panels for your home.

Get solar panels fitted.

Solar panel installers are presented with a number of challenges when designing and installing flat roof solar panels. I ve created this tool as an easy to use estimator for your roofspace. To open up the tool please click here. I suspect the retailer energy australia is at fault for not confirming my details.

It is not perfect and the it guys are still working out the bugs but this gives a good indication of how many panels you can fit onto your roof. Once you have an estimate of your available roof area in square feet enter that number in the calculator below. There are currently no grants available for solar pv but you can get a grant for solar thermal panels via the green homes grant scheme. Skip to 12 15 to hear rex and patrick discuss the main solar solutions for different kinds of flat roofing.

As with any big ticket purchase shopping for a solar panel installation takes a lot of research and consideration including a thorough review of the companies in your area. According to the concord consortium makers of energy3d solar energy modeling software a home in boston ma with panels that face west would get 80 of the electricity that a house with south facing panels would. When it takes united energy over a week with still no sign of registration for access to their energy easy portal it makes it hard to get information on how a tariff might change when a solar system is installed. That panel is rated at 100 watts at peak efficiency meaning on a 78 degree cloudless day at solar noon on the equator during the equinox.

25 years if installed and certified before 31 august 2012. It will tell you how many average sized solar panels will fit in the space. Homeowners who get multiple quotes save 10 or more. West facing solar panels get less sun than those that face south but it s not as little as you may think.

If you already get the feed in tariff you ll still get payments. The cost would have been a prohibitive 12 000 so she signed a deal to lease part of her roof to a solar power company which would fit the panels for free. Calculate how many solar panels you can fit on your roof. Solar panel estimator v3.

Depending on when your panels were installed and certified you re guaranteed to get the payments for at least 20 years. Three tips for solar shoppers 1.