“How would a solar thermal system make a difference to you?”
October 21st 2009 It can be argued that – capital investment involved in hydro electric energy usually makes it impractical for small scale installations – ground source (geothermal) energy requires large amounts of real estate – wind turbines have a negative impact on the landscape – the cost of photo voltaic panels is prohibitive making payback times unacceptable.
The solar energy received by the earth in just thirty minutes is equivalent to the energy used by the entire human population in one year! Even in our Northern climate solar power is still a very viable option. On a sunny day parts of the UK experience levels of solar energy equal to 60% of those at the equator.
The kilowatt hours per panel per annum experienced in the UK vividly demonstrates the fact that there are megawatts of useful heat available throughout the UK, ABSOLUTELY FREE ! :- e.g. Aberdeen = 1246.kW/hrs, Manchester = 1408.kW/hrs, London = 1423.kW/hrs, Plymouth = 1622 kW/hrs. (NASA historical figures 20+years) We would claim that for most local applications a solar thermal system is the most realistic renewable energy solution for buildings of all kinds – old and new.
WHY CHOOSE STOKVIS-RIOMAY SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS?
For three decades Riomay have been providing the ultimate in solar thermal solutions to the commercial sector.Many schools – offices – hospitals – throughout the UK have benefited from their unrivalled expertise.Throughout the same time frame STOKVIS Energy Systems have been providing the ultimate in high efficiency water heating systems to the same market sector with their state of the art packaged plate heat exchangers and ultra high efficiency commercial boilers. A ‘ marriage ‘ of these two exceptional systems provides the epitome in solar thermal water heating – minimising the use of fossil fuels – a very exciting cost effective sustainable solution for hot water generation for all commercial applications !
STOKVIS –Riomay Ecotube system exceeds industry Standards by 60%+ = 850kWh/m2 instead of 528kWh/m2
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