Solar energy offers several significant advantages:
- Solar energy is an inexhaustible renewable resource, available globally. While we don’t get as much sun as the Sahara here in the UK, it can still provide lots of power!
- Generating electricity from solar energy means that there’s less need to burn fossil fuels.
- Solar power can significantly lower electricity bills since you’re generating your own energy and needing less from the grid. You can also sell BACK to the grid with the S.E.G., the Solar Export Guarantee. Solar can MAKE you money!
- By producing your own electricity, you’re less dependent on external power sources and fluctuations in energy prices. Maybe you want to live off-grid, for example.
- Solar energy systems require low maintenance, mainly involving occasional cleaning. Wash yours down with a hose and you’re done.
- Advances in technology are making solar panels more efficient, cheaper, and more adaptable to different environments.
