Why Solar?
When deciding the most appropriate technology for a switch to renewable energy there are many areas to consider. These will include local resources – natural or otherwise; energy requirements – in terms of amount and profile; regulatory matters – such as local/national environmental laws or planning constraints; financial resources; business models; opportunity o over produce and sell energy; timing; flexibility etc.
Across all these considerations, solar energy is the clear answer in the vast majority of situations. Yes, on shore and offshore wind is a proven technology but requires significant capital expenditure, space, civil engineering, and on-going maintenance. It also is dependant on very specific yet un-reliable weather conditions.
Wave and Tidal solutions can enjoy more predictable conditions; however, the technology is cumbersome, expensive, and largely un-proven.
Biomass and / or anaerobic digestion may be suitable in applications such as farming where the raw material may be a biproduct of normal operations, but these tend to be niche and hence expensive solutions.
These and other technologies have their place, however the most flexible, reliable, predictable, cost effective and established technology is solar energy – capturing the power of the sun, converting to electrical energy to be used immediately at the site of generation (self-consumption), transmitted through the national grid or a private wire arrangement to other users; or stored in a battery or other storage medium to be used when needed and / or sold when energy is demanded.
As a well-established technology with an industrial supply chain of panels, mounting systems, invertors, cabling, monitoring systems, and a labour force that exceeds all other renewable technologies combined, solar energy solutions such as those delivered by Winfield Energy are the best solutions, environmentally, technically, and commercially.
