Benefits of Switching to Renewable Energy

• The benefits of solar heating systems means no immersion or oil is required to heat your water for domestic use from April to October.
• Each m² of solar panel will give you 480 kWh per year with approx electricity cost of 18c inc vat per kWh.
• This system of water heating using solar panels is harvesting heat once the temperature is 6 deg higher on the roof than the tank.
• For water heating using solar energy the electricity price is not fixed, the cost of the sun does not change.
• Even with the economic downturn it still makes sense to use renewable energy and insulate your home properly. This is a long term investment but the benefits can be felt immediately.
• With woodpellet boilers and heaters it is very easy to budget from day to day and at a cost of €3 per bag of pellets they are alot better value than briquettes.
• Wood pellet boilers and room heaters can be set on timers to light automatically at certain times.
• The benefits of woodpellet boilers will be greater when oil prices increase thus shortening the payback time.
• When you have your house BER (building energy rating) assessed, you will get a better grade with every renewable energy source installed (solar panels, wood pellet boilers etc.), insulation being very important.
• People should look around and see what byproducts are available to be used as fuel sources, for example: sawdust, woodchip, grain (oats), timber, straw. All of these products have a high calorific value.