Following an agreement robin hood energy s 112 000 domestic customers will be moved to british gas over the next few months.
British gas solar panels offer.
Like all the free pv solar schemes offered by various companies you have to be living in one of the estimated 12 million suitable homes.
Follow these five easy steps.
British gas has everything covered to ensure that your switch to their solar pv home energy solution is as easy and smooth as possible.
In fact nearly half a million homes in the uk already have solar panels.
It means that as a licensed electricity supplier and a mandatory seg licensee we ll pay you for every kilowatt hour of unused eligible electricity your business.
British gas is a mandatory feed in tari licensee.
British gas is currently offering free solar panels through their mysolar energy scheme.
The electricity is sent along cables to a power inverter where it s converted from direct current dc to alternating current ac.
It might seem like sunny days are in short supply.
Five easy steps to benefit from british gas solar panels.
The smart export guarantee seg is a government initiated export tariff for british businesses and homes who have installed small scale renewable or low carbon technology.
Direct sunlight is ideal but panels also work on cloudy days.
This means that they will supply and install a 2 52 to 3 15 kwp system depending on the size of your roof saving you over 150 a year on your electricity bill.
British gas solar panels offer a range of after care options.
Alternatively you can install your own solar panels and british gas will offer you a two year interest free loan supplied by hitachi capital with which to borrow the upfront costs.
When sun hits the silicon it causes a voltage difference across the solar panel.
How sunlight creates electricity.
But the uk actually gets about 13 of its electricity from solar energy.
British gas is set to take on all 112 000 customers supplied by robin hood energy after a buyout was agreed.
Solar photovoltaic pv panels convert energy from the sun into electricity.