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Adding additional solar panels to an existing system

With the proposed reduction to the solar feed-in tariff, we are getting a huge amount of interest from people looking to install their new solar panels before the 1st January (the date that the...

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How Do Solar Power Diverters Work?

We get a fair few comments regarding solar power diverters here at TheGreenAge. These clever little gadgets prevent electricity produced from your solar panels from being exported back to the grid by...

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Could the export tariff for Solar PV be increased?

When the Government announced plans to reduce the feed-in tariff I think it took everyone in the industry by surprise. The Government’s plan is to reduce the feed-in tariff by 85% in January 2016 –...

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Buying a house with solar panels

Well over 500,000 properties in the UK now have solar panels installed on their roofs – this equates to approximately 2% of the 28,000,000 homes here in the UK. There is therefore a reasonable chance...

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Is living off grid realistic?

It is realistic to live off grid? Living off grid means that you are not connected to, or rely on the national grid for your energy needs. This will probably involve some sort of energy storage system...

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Solar PV Feed in Tariff to be Cut by 63% in Early 2016

Today the Government finally revealed its plan for the solar feed-in tariff. The sad news is that it is a substantial cut from the 8th February 2016. The current feed-in tariff is set at 12.47p/kWh....

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The Changes to the FIT explained – 2016

For many years the government has incentivised households and business to adopt renewable energy technologies via the Feed-in Tariff. The FIT is basically a payment made to the owner of solar PV...

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How to avoid cowboy tradesmen

Many of the energy saving solutions we talk about on TheGreenAge involve doing some sort of work to your property or business – while some of these are easy DIY solutions, some require the help of a...

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EcoBuild 2016

We visited EcoBuild 2016 this morning and the one thing that really stuck out was how small this the event had become. Last year it filled two sides of the Excel centre in London, but this year it was...

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Powerflow Sundial – a Solar PV Battery Storage System

Powerflow Sundial is an innovative UK based solar photovoltaic (PV) battery storage manufacturer that has launched their product in the market for 2016. Why is it of any significance? The market for...

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