Is your commercial or school roof suitable for solar panels?
A large, unused roof can make solar PV look like an obvious choice for a business or school. Warehouses, offices, schools, colleges and sports facilities often have substantial roof areas that could potentially generate electricity for use on site. But how do you know whether your roof is actually suitable for solar panels? Size alone […]
The growing risk of solar panel fires. Good installation and maintenance matter more than ever.
Solar power has become an increasingly important part of the UK energy mix. For businesses, schools, warehouses and other large sites, rooftop solar can cut electricity costs and reduce reliance on the grid, while making use of roof space that would otherwise sit unused. But new research from business insurer QBE raises an issue […]
How can Solar PV reduce your costs? Find out about the Solar install at our new offices to see what savings we have made
Powercor recently installed a 17KW solar system on the roof of our new offices at 23 Trade City, Avro Way, Brooklands Business Park, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0YF We installed the system for multiple reasons but mainly to make our office energy efficient and also to take advantage of the change in FIT (feed in tariff) […]
Solar PV Maintenance – Why you can’t afford not to have it
The false elusion through the years on Solar PV is that once you have the technology installed, it will look after itself for the next 20 years. Correct? Yes – But only to a certain degree, but like any other technology, things degrade, fail and also become obsolete. So maintenance is crucial. Over the past […]
Solar PV at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
What is renewable energy? Renewable energy is generally defined as energy that comes from resources which are naturally replenished on a human timescale such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves and geothermal heat, unlike Fossil Fuels that take thousands-millions of years to be created. Renewable energy is also a lot cleaner than fossil fuels as […]
