If you are researching solar trackers for home use, you have likely come across the standard advice: “Just bolt some fixed panels to your roof or flat on the grass, and if you need more power, just add more panels.” But for thousands of UK homeowners looking into ground mount solar panels for gardens, that…
Yesterday, I noted how rooftop solar is badly out of sync with heat pump demand. The solution is remarkably simple but it requires a change in how we think about solar deployment The Efficiency Gap: Fixed vs. TrackingGround-mounted systems offer a 5–10% efficiency gain over static roof panels before you even account for tracking, simply…
Last week´s announcement of the Warm Homes Plan is a fantastic and ambitious upgrade for 5 million homes, tripling the number of UK homes with solar panels by 2030. This is a massive and welcome policy boost. Equally, the announcement identifies the challenge of making these technologies affordable and accessible in a “fragmented” system. The…
