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Solar electric slates generate electricity

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Posted on April 1, 2011 by ecoadmin 

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Solarcentury, said to be the UK’s most experienced solar electricity company, has developed a universal solar electric slate, for many of the UK’s 4m homes with slate roofs to go solar.

The C21e slate aims to meet demand for solar photovoltaics, where the feed-in tariff rewards solar generators for electricity production. A precision engineered product it has been 18 months in development. It’s novel universal design is considered to be at the forefront of solar photovoltaic innovation.

Building upon the success of the company’s existing, award winning C21e Tile system, the new universal C21e solar electric slate widens the opportunity for homes to go solar, simplifies specification for both retrofit and new build installations and speeds up the installation time.

The simplicity of C21e is said to have attracted major house builders across the UK, where it is accepted as a mainstream construction product, generating clean electricity for homes with minimal visual impact.

Derry Newman, CEO Solarcentury, says: “Our new solar electric slate is a first. To make it fit with any type of slate our design team had to use manufacturing techniques commonly used in the automotive and high tech consumer electronics industries.

“After detailed and thorough testing the result is a product with advanced weather protection features which is more than robust enough to meet the stringent building product standards across Europe. It is a testament to Solarcentury’s depth of experience in solar roofing and our ability to innovate.”

Over four million homes in the UK have slate roofs, until now the options for going solar were limited to bolt-on or systems with limited compatibility. With the new C21e slate, any slate roof can now benefit from going solar, without compromising the country’s roofscape.

With the Government’s target of millions of solar homes by 2020, it is essential that there is a range of solar products which are simple to specify and capable of blending in naturally to traditional roofs. The average household can now create an annual income of £800-900 plus £200 electricity savings with a solar electric roof, demand has more than doubled in 2010 with the introduction of the Feed-in tariff.

More information: www.solarcentury.co.uk and www.solarportal.co.uk

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One Response to “Solar electric slates generate electricity”

  1. ecoadmin says:

    April 1st, 2011 at 2:20 pm
     

    This a significant advance for millions of homes with slate roofs, but do their owners have sufficient cash to take advantage of this new technology?

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