Solar Panels Quotes

Over the past decade installing solar panels has become increasingly popular for homeowners across the UK. With the price of solar panels falling by over 50%, coupled with rising energy bills, solar panels have become more financially viable than ever. With the increasing popularity has come a wave of fly-by-night solar panel installers, some of which try to take advantage of the growing popularity.

We’ve created a guide to help you navigate through the process of getting quotes for solar panels, including:

• MCS Certified Installers
• Feasibility Studies
• Solar Panel Quotes
• Warranties and Insurances
• Health and Safety
• Schemes and Tariffs

Homeowners and business owners typically look to renewable energy and solar panels when trying to reduce their energy bills, reduce their reliance on the grid and become more eco-friendly. For those looking to install solar panels, ensuring you’ve completed the below checklist will always help ensure you’re getting the best product and service:

• MCS Certified Installer – For anybody looking to install solar panels, ensuring that you use an MCS certified installer is a good initial first step. An MCS certified installer is a mark of quality, with MCS certified installers having undergone quality assurances, training standards as well as providing consumer protection.
• Local/National Companies – Requesting a quote for both a local and national company can be beneficial. Weighing up the benefits associated with both local and national companies can help when deciding upon a quote.
• Feasibility Study – Ensuring that a feasibility study has been completed will help assess the viability of the installation.
• Health and Safety – This is somewhat interwinding with ensuring that you use a certified MCS installer. As solar panels generate electricity, ensuring that the installation is safe and compliant is a must. Some installers that are looking to cut corners to save on cost will also install panels without the necessary scaffolding in place, but this is dangerous and can also lead to cracked tiles on the roof.

Before getting solar panels installed, there are several considerations, including:

• Understand the different types of solar panels available. The most popular types of solar panels on the market are solar PV and solar thermal.
• Understanding your energy usage is important to ensure you get a quote for the number of panels that are reflective of your energy usage.
• An area where solar panels can be installed. This will typically be on the roof, but there are several other options available including ground-mounted solar panels.

Through our decades of experience, we can help guide those looking to install solar panels on all of the above points. Our team of highly qualified technicians will advise on the set-up to meet your need and requirements to ensure maximum efficiency and optimum returns from your renewable energy system.

There often isn’t a right answer in terms of the number of quotes an individual should get before proceeding with getting solar panels installed. Typically, a homeowner or business owner should get at least two quotes. Cheaper isn’t always better, it’s important to consider the several variables of a particular installer or quote, such as those mentioned in this article.

Solar panel quotes vary from company to company, but we’ve set out the main important information any quote should contain. These quotes outline the main information on the system being installed, the price, the feasibility and any related scheme/tariff information.

• System output
• Solar panel manufacturer
• Number of panels
• Feasibility study
• Energy efficiency of the house (EPC rating)
• Information on the scheme/tariff (such as the SEG tariff)
• Cost of the system

A feasibility study typically assesses the viability of the solar system both financially and technologically. This is usually the first step when assessing any renewable energy project, usually assessing the feasibility from a financial and technical perspective. For smaller domestic installations, the feasibility study will be limited due to the smaller scale of the system. Feasibility studies will typically assess the below areas:

• Project Background
• Site Selection
• Recommended Technologies
• Environmental and Regulatory Considerations
• Economic Analysis
• Community Impact

Depending on the size and complexity of the installation, a site inspection may be required to ascertain aspects to complete the feasibility project.