Reducing energy costs in homes
With rising energy costs – the incentive to invest in home energy production is greater than ever.
Apart from the obvious solar panels, you might also consider energy storage batteries and heat pumps that supply hot water more efficiently.
Then if you an electric vehicle owner – EV charge point at your home tuned into your own energy generation and some beneficial tarriffs from electricity suppliers is a great idea.
Solar and Charge can help your get the best value solution for your home. Our mid-size house package at £9,950 including solar panels, batteries and install is super value.
Things you need to decide on…
Investment in energy generation and use reduction schemes can have excellent returns. It is usually much in excess of the money borrowing cost. However the returns are spread over 10 to 25 years, but costs are usually front loaded… thereafter your returns steadily come in. Our value engineering and pricing means payback for your spend is usually around five years.
Investment
Like all other investments, you need be decide the level of your outlay
Audit
Good place to start is an overall look at your energy ‘sources, uses and spend’
Proposal
Solar and Charge‘s proposal will aim to get the best returns for your money. You decide what’s in and out
Implement
We will install / implement the value engineered solution that is agreed
Ready to Save an 40% of your energy bill?
Lincolnshire Home
This mid-sized 4 bedroom detached house, under five years young was very well insulated. For the owner the key considerations were:
- reduction in energy bills
- reduction in per kWh rate by using more of the cheaper night energy
- five year payback
- reduced CO2 footprint
The team at Solar and Charge proposed a system that came below the £10K budget of the owner and included installing an EV charge point.
The proposal
Solar and Charge supplied and installed:
- 5 kWh Canadian Solar panels
- 5.7 kWh of Fox lithium batteries
- Ohme homo pro EV charging point
Spring 2023 offer: Extensively specified home system
Only £9,950
Take advantage Spring 2023 deal for a system similarly specified to one in our Lincolnshire Home case example here. system will include:
- 5 kWh Canadian Solar, or smilar exceptional quality panels with manufacturer’s twenty five years warranty included
- 6 kWh battery storage system
- 5 kWh Fox inverter with an extended manufacturer’s ten year warranty Instalation, all wiring and software
- Post installation after care and guidance for maximising output from your system
Electricity usage in Feb 23 compared to similar period:
£2,860 Savings
£9,224 expected electricity bill for Feb 23.
£6,364 actual bill.
The Results
Directors chose to implement only some of the proposals and phase others to later. Breakeven ranged from two years to 5 years.
Jan 2023 gas usage was 10,838 kW lower! That is 2 tonnes of C02 saved!
Feb 23: the hotel electricity consumption was down by 9,500 kW. moreover there was a 50% increase in purchasing at the cheaper night rate! That is a further 1.85 tonnes of C02 saved!
The hotel’s objective of being close to net zero C02 is certainly close!