Photovoltaic solar power is one of the most promising renewable energy sources in the world. Compared to nonrenewable sources such as coal, gas, oil, and nuclear, the advantages are clear: it's totally non-polluting, has no moving parts to break down, and does not require much maintenance. A very important characteristic of photovoltaic power generation is that it does not require a large scale installation to operate, as different from conventional power generation stations. Power generators can be installed in a DISTRIBUTED fashion, on each house or business or school, using area that is already developed, and allowing individual users to generate their own power, quietly and safely.

How practical is solar for home and mobile home use?

These days, it's very practical, especially for remote homes. Until solar power came along, people who wanted to live in remote areas frequently had to pay large fees to have a power cable run to their house. Now, a remote home can be virtually self-sufficient with solar power. Even in areas where power lines are nearby, solar may be a viable alternative to being connected to a power company. An average home has more than enough roof area to produce enough solar electricity to supply all of its power needs. With an inverter, which converts direct current (DC) power from the solar cells to alternating current (AC), which is what most home appliances run on, a solar home can look and operate very much like a home that is connected to a power line.

EXAMPLE PRICES small system 2KW per day approx.: £5000/7,000€
This is a complete kit for remote power for a holiday home, cabin, summerhouse, outbuilding etc.
This system produces up to 2Kwh of usable power per day. It is capable of powering TV's, DVD's, Stereos, swimming pool pump , lighting or small appliances.

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Heat your Swimming Pool

SMART SOLAR thermal solar technology is the cost effective way to heat swimming pools, whether they are Olympic size or simply a small domestic pool. Instead of using expensive and inefficient fossil fuel to heat your pool use the natural light of the sun, a free source of energy.
Our Philosophy
Heating your swimming pool by traditional fossil fuel is very expensive and very wasteful of the planet's resources. Burning gas or oil creates harmful emissions and increases our fuel dependency for sourcing our energy from parts of the world that may not always be stable, friendly or even capable of supplying our fuel needs.
We accordingly design pool systems using indirect heat exchange systems, high quality thermal panels that we build ourselves in Europe which we guarantee to perform for ten years. The panels are designed to have a life span of more than 35 years and are made from easily recyclable materials, such as aluminium, copper and glass.

Pools should be heated to around 28°C. If you heat your pool to any significantly higher temperature algae and bacteria can cause problems unless you increase the chlorine levels significantly. Temperatures lower than about 25°C are uncomfortable for most people. Thermal solar systems provide pool temperatures within the recommended range in most locations without the need to have a boiler system or an electric heating system.
These levels of performance are not possible in Northern latitudes in winter, when the daylight hours are short.
When your pool system is designed your our approved installer will provide you with an estimate, based on meteorological conditions, of the performance range your system will provide.

An array of thermal solar panels is installed on a south facing roof or south facing poolside area. The amount of panels required depends upon the size of the pools and the performance needed. The panels are connected through a sealed circuit to a specially designed chlorine resistant pool heat exchanged. The sealed circuit is filled with an edible glycol solution (in places where below freezing temperatures can be experienced).
When light from the panels strikes the absorber surfaces heat is created. If the pool requires the heat a modulating pump pushes the glycol solution (and the heat it carries) to the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger carries the heat (but not the glycol) to the pool water that is pumped through it. The heat exchange operation is carried out immediately before the pool water is returned into the pool, after it has been filtered.
Old fashioned thermal solar panels look ugly; they usually cannot be integrated and if the pool water flows through them they have to be cleaned and de scaled and often have a short pool life.
Our panels have been designed to be thin, aesthetically acceptable and yet light enough to be installed on pool side buildings.
What is the pay back of course, if you heat your pool by oil or gas, there is no payback. It's all an expense. Pay back varies according to where your pool is, indoor or outdoor, is it covered at night, etc.,..…. Playback can be as low as 18 months.

" Panel corrosion 20 years
" Panel performance 10 years
" Pumps & controller 2 years

BASIC SYSTEM KIT TO RUN 20FT X 12FT X 6FT POOL
approx.: £2500/3500€