The Home Energy Handbook, recently published by CAT (Centre for Alternative Technology) provides an all round guide to maximum energy savings in hour home. We can’t wait to get hold of a copy!

Most renewables reading matter will be in some way biased by what the writer has a particular interest in. This one however, as it is a collaborative effort by CAT, these guys know everything there is to know about all the technologies and ideas they talk about. And mostly from personal experience, too. 

At Solar and Wind Applications because we’ve been around for 10 years, we have gained a broad knowledge of many products and how to apply them to your particular circumstances. This allowing us to advise you best on what to invest in, or even how to tweak your existing system to get the best out of it.

There are many ways to go about getting green, and this book looks as though it’s just the ticket to point you in the right direction, ensuring you put your efforts in the right places…and your money too!

You can pick the book up by clicking the image on the right.

When a business comes to us for advice on Solar PV, we are confident that we will provide both the best business advice to ensure the investment not only works financially, but also promotes the green image of the company. If you need more power, we can give it to you!

Solar and Wind Applications can install any size of Solar PV system, from a small off grid set up, to a large commercial generator capable of covering the bulk of the on site power requirement. With our in house team staff, we will ensure it’s technically the best system available, and financially provides the greatest payback too, with our experienced financial staff on hand to assist with crunching the numbers.

Even if you do not have a great power use as part of your business, a PV system is a great source of income. We can still make sure you get the best out of it though, using EMMA to cut your heating bills by heating space or water using the excess generated power. 

We practice what we preach, too, with our office running from solar.  The graph on the right shows the output from a day earlier this month – easily covering our base load for most of the day – minimising electricity bills and providing a bit of heat too, via our EMMA!

It works for us, and we are confident it will work for you, too. Get in touch and find out how we can work with your business to achieve your goals.

Does the thought of having to turn your heating back on for the winter make you hot under the collar? The ever increasing cost of heating your home needn’t be a cause of such stress. There’s a lot to be said for taking full control of your heating system, making sure it’s not costing you more money than needed.

Many heating systems are not tailored to work as they are required. Most systems run too much and cost a fortune, and don’t even make your home a comfortable place to be – heating your house too warm some of the time, and freezing cold when you need the heat the most. 

Smart heating controls can put an end to this, namely PassivSystems Advanced Heating Controls (AHC). Almost all boiler powered heating systems can have this system retrofitted, giving you full control over:

1) the temperature your home is at during certain conditions (in the house, out of the house, asleep…).

2) when your boiler runs to allow your home to be the temperature you want it on time…not 20 minutes after you go out your front door!

3) how much hot water you have, ensuring you don’t heat a whole tank when you only need just a little.

…and a log of everything that happens, to allow you to see where you can make further savings. Or, even better, the system learns how you use your home, and tweaks itsself to ensure maximum benefit.

And all this does not break the bank, either, with installation from £450 (subject to survey and equipment required)

Solar and Wind Applications can advise and install this equipment (integrating it with your generation system if you have one) in time for the nights drawing in.

Get in touch for more information or to arrange a site survey.

With so many more gadgets used in day to day life, charging them both at home and on the go uses an increasing amount of energy.

Many of our customers are by now using their cheap renewable power from Solar PV or Wind Turbines to recharge, but others are stuck with using “dirty” and expensive energy for these devices. 

As a way around this, we thought this post on Engadget was a nice idea – using salt water to keep your gadgets going! Green House’s product uses saline solution as an electrolyte for a type of battery. Click on the picture to read the full article.

Whilst not totally renewable, it’s always nice to find replacements to inefficient, ugly mains chargers. We’d love to hear from you if you have any original ways to run your appliances!

At Solar and Wind Applications we put our experience in Solar PV to good use to ensure that you get the best installation possible. We have been using Kyocera solar PV modules for nearly 10 years, and for good reason.

Yet more test results have been released from modules manufactured over 20 years ago. This article shows that the modules really do keep outputting power for years to come, which in your case means your system will keep producing high yields for the duration of the Feed In Tariff. And it’s also safe to assume that production and quality of the modules will have increased over the last 20 years, too!

This years’ Energy Agency Fair promises to bo a good one. With plenty of changes being made in the busy renewable energy market, it makes for an ideal time to come along and get some advice on recent and proposed changes.

Solar and Wind Applications will also be exhibiting, and will be happy to answer any questions, so whether you are interested in a solar PV system, heat pump or a wind turbine, then head along for a chat.

Details of the event on the flyer below, click it to go to Energy Agency page for the event. We look forward to seeing you there!

Got a roof? Thought so!

Why not see if your roof can do some work for you. There’s every chance there’s some space to fit a solar PV system, which will save you money on bills and generate income from the feed in tariff.

There’s usually a way to make any roof work, from flat, pitched, slate, tile…. not to mention all the possibilities of ground mounted systems!

All in all… a wise move, and our customers would agree.

Currently working on a large project on behalf of DECC and a major energy supplier, we are installing large volumes of Coolpower’s EMMA on existing solar PV systems. Whether you are interested in the (Energy and Microgenerator MAnager) EMMA for Solar PV or Wind Turbine system, the Coolpower device is the ultimate solution.

This device is the only one on the market which is fully tested and has been awarded CE marking, and is Patented, too.

The recipients of the have all been delighted with the equipment, meaning they are now getting even more out of their already installed solar PV system.  They are getting all of their required hot water from the excess solar power which would usually be exported whilst they are out at work, meaning they are saving on gas/oil/electricity which they would usually use to heat the water.

Not only are they pleased with the product, but our installation teams are delighting customers with the polite, knowledgeable, and professional  manner in which the work is carried out.

Read more about EMMA to see if it would work as part of your generation system!