Katie59
MerylStreep
Kate59
With respect I don’t need educating on solar/ wind power.
We lived off grid for 20 years on this boat.
The wheelhouse roof is covered with solar panels. Two wind generators were on our landing stage at our mooring.
Well done living off grid but it’s not going to become widespread in the UK. Solar thermal is only useful where sunshine is abundant, now that solar voltaic is available it’s much more use in climates like the UK.
However, too much Solar is proving difficult to control at domestic level the voltage being fed to the grid is overloading local infrastructure. Solar farms too are having to be limited because of grid capacity.
I think you may be getting confused with the main types of solar panels. Solar Thermal are solar panels which give out heat for heating, hot water and of course heat storage. Solar Photo Voltaic (the most common) are solar panels for providing electricity.
