Renewables for Households: Solar PV

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Rethinking household energy provision – explore the how to’s of solar PV for households. Solar panels: where should you put them? How much power will you get? How much money will you save? What will your emission reduction look like? This one day course aims to answer these questions and more through a series of lectures and hands on sessions. Key information Duration: one day Upcoming date: Saturday 18 April 2026 Start and finish times: starts at 9:30am and ends at 3:30pm Fee: £125 Includes: tuition, Lunch. What to bring: waterproof clothing is recommended Terms and Conditions: you must be 18 years or over to attend our courses. For full list of terms and conditions click here What you will learn This course will give you the ability to decide if solar panels are suited to your needs, develop a cost benefit analysis and quantify the emissions reductions. It will give an overview of the different commercially available PV panels, and how to assess their efficiency. You’ll learn how to undertake a solar photovoltaic resource analysis, calculating the likely annual output for a given site. Your expert tutor Alan will guide you through how to select the best location and orientation, size of system, and methods of connecting solar PVs.

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