Turn Your Roof Into a Mini Power Station

 

It is possible to turn your roof into a mini power station. Pitched roofs are ideal locations for PV systems but even on a flat roof it is possible to install modules raised to an angle which catches the rays of the sun.

Using PV tiles you can integrate them with normal roof tiles and blended together they provide an aesthetically pleasing and simple method of generating electricity.

Re-roofing, building extensions or planning a new build are ideal times to consider including some PV tiles into your design. With a high power output per tile, only a small roof area is needed.

Benefits

• Inexhaustible supply of free solar energy

• Reduces carbon emission

• Clean, safe and silent

• Viable even in cloudier climates as solar power depends upon the intensity of the light, not necessarily direct sunlight

• Can meet half the household’s demand for electricity

• You can still be connected to the national grid to supplement your solar power and take electricity outside daylight hours

• Stand alone system can store energy in batteries so it is possible to be independent of outside electricity supplies  if wanted

• Ideal for commercial premises where electricity consumption is high during the day.