Solar energy has huge environmental benefits so it stands to reason that commercial Solar can make a big difference, the bigger the supply of commercial Solar the larger the benefits to the environment.

Factories are huge buildings which regularly emit enormous levels of harmful, even toxic waste into the air which results in detrimental effects on our delicate planet. Switching to commercial Solar energy really can make a substantial difference to air pollution, noise pollution – there really is no need to rely on burning the dwindling supply of fossil fuels to create power – commercial Solar panels can do the job quickly, easily, effectively, cheaply and cleanly. Read the rest of this entry »

Researchers at the University of Bristol have begun work into the development of new active minerals for use in thin film Solar photovoltaic cells. Aiming to make the most use of abundant and low cost elements to bring Solar PV into a new stage of affordability and efficiency, the teams work must surely be on the watch list for anyone involved in the Solar PV industry or for those looking at PV in the future.

The “Photo-Voltaic Technology based on Earth Abundant Materials (PVTEAM)” has recently been awarded £2million ($3.3million) by the Engineering and Physical Sciences and Research Council (EPSRC). The team is one of four groups to have recently been awarded research funding by the EPRSC totally over £10million. Each of the projects is aiming to find more sustainable replacements for some of the raw materials that are used by the manufacturing industries.

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A great number of commercial organizations are turning to commercial Solar panels to meet their enormous energy needs. Commercial Solar panels can not only provide the company with cost effective and environmentally friendly energy but also help them to earn a substantial amount of cash from government pay back schemes which are in place in many areas across the country.

Many commercial organisations like farms, car parks and factories are large enough to accommodate large commercial Solar panel systems thanks to their extensive size. Many manufacturing businesses are in operation 24 hours a day and the electricity costs eat up a huge chunk of their operating budget – switching to commercial Solar energy can help to save a large amount of cash for many operations. Read the rest of this entry »

Have you considered Solar panels but thought to yourself “how can they work here? We’ve got a flat roof they won’t catch any sun”.Well did you know that a flat roof can be one of the most efficient roofs for the installation of Solar PV? Because there is no sloping angle or dominant direction the roof faces in the panels can be mounted at the correct orientation to face the sun the most and the angle can be adjusted in design to maximize Solar ray capture throughout the day. Unlike with a pitched roof system a flat roof installation can be conducted in a non penetrative way meaning, it will not require fixing to the roof through bolts etc.

A flat roof mount system is constructed of a rail grid on which a mounting system is fixed; the panels are then mounted via this system. To prevent movement via wind the system is then weighed down using a ballast system. Read the rest of this entry »

The answer to this one is pretty easy – just about all types of business can benefit from utilizing commercial Solar energy and the fitting of Solar panels.

A few more specific examples include data storage facilities which need to have a substantial, constant supply of electrical power guaranteed. One glitch in the energy supply can cause all sorts of problems which can take many hours, days, weeks or even months to sort out. Potentially lost data is a huge headache for data storage facilities.  Many of these data storage facilities use up a tremendous amount of electrical power and can be furnishing thousands of different computers at any one given time.

Another type of business which can really benefit from commercial Solar energy power is the restaurant business. Restaurants do use up a surprising amount of electrical power – lighting, refrigeration, cooking stations, air Read the rest of this entry »

Commercial Solar energy has many benefits for many types of business premises like commercial buildings, factories and farms. Not only will the installation of commercial Solar panels help to reduce the substantial utility bills but they can also help to increase the commercial value of the property. Having your own, self sufficient energy supply really does make good economic sense for many types of business.

At Carmichael Browns we have been helping companies make the most of the opportunities that Commercial Solar Installations can bring and have worked with everything from office buildings to factories to large warehouse and farm buildings alike.

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1,000,000 Rooftops in the UK will have Solar panels by 2015

Latest Government figures estimate that UK Solar Installers will have delivered one million rooftops by 2015 and recently reached the 500,000 mark.

This only measures those signed up to the feed in Tariff and so the numbers may be larger and it also doesn’t take into account Commercial Solar Installations either which has been on the increase over the last couple of years.

This is not only great for the industry and Government, who look set to reach their targets, but its also great for those property owners that are taking advantage of earning money from the energy they produce as well as enjoying free or greatly reduced energy bills.
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It is a real misconception that Solar only really works during the summer months, this is completely untrue. In fact Solar panels are often more efficient in colder weather and produce more energy.

The downside to the winter months is that it’s darker for longer and with less hours of sunshine, less energy can be produced, so it’s a balancing act between the two. But what if it snows?

Removing Snow from your Solar panels

The best thing to do is, drum roll ………..

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The whole world has to look to renewable energy sources for the future of their power supplies – fossils fuels have been depleted at an alarming rate over the last few decades, they are quickly disappearing from the face of the earth and they cannot be renewed but not to worry, there are an abundance of renewable energy sources available – renewable sources which will not run out.

The primary sources of renewable energy are;

Wind power – wind turbines can be used to generate electricity by harnessing the raw power of the wind, it won’t make the wind blow any less or any less frequently, the wind keeps on blowing no matter how much of the energy is utilized or effectively wasted.  Wind power is green, clean and renewable.

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Much of the industrialized world relies heavily on natural gas, coal and oil for their energy production – in short, we are extremely dependent upon fossil fuels. One very important thing to remember about fossil fuels is that they are not renewable – once they are used they are used up – gone, they are no more, they won’t come back in a hurry and as supplies dwindle the retrieval of fossil fuels can be very environmentally damaging as well as them becoming increasingly expensive.

There has to be another way – and there is . . .

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