Why go solar?

• Using Solar PV to Protect Against Future Electricity Price Increases:
• Electricity prices have risen by approximately 7% every year in Peterborough for over a decade. The demand for electricity has also grown substantially over the past few years. The residential sector is largely responsible for this increase.
• Solar PV systems can be designed so that a household's electricity demand is wholly or partly met. This can eliminate or reduce your dependency on grid supplied electric.
• Once your Solar PV system is installed and paid for- the electricity it generates is produced at a constant cost.
• On an average system electricity is produced at approximately 18p/kWh.* Although this is slightly more expensive than the cost from the grid- this price is guaranteed for the life of your system.
• So in 30 years time electricity will still be costing you 18p/kWh.* If the current average price for electricity (13p/kWh) continues to increase at 7% a year, your green Solar PV electricity will be cheaper in less than 5 years time! That is assuming it ONLY increases by 7%- what will happen if it rises at a faster rate? Either way you will save moneywith your Solar PV in Cambridgeshire.
• At the minute you can get a better rate of return by investing your savings into a Solar PV system rather than putting it in a bank account or an ISA.
• The best ISA available at the end of April 2009 was the Barclays ISA which provided a 3.83% rate.
• The return rate on your solar PV installation will potentially increase yearly if the price of electricity rises.

Why use Hereward Solar Solutions?

Danny Letts, Proprietor of Hereward Electrical was personally interested in the benefits of renewable energy and the embarrassing 1.3% of all electricity generated in the UK. He installed his first Solar PV Installation on his family home to see what benefits there were and how effective this was. It was obvious that once the panels were fixed to the roof there was very little to do - just let the installation produce carbon free electric.

After closely monitoring the electricity produced it was obvious that this needed to be installed on every suitable roof after all enough sun hits the Earths surface in an hour is enough to power the World for a Year.

After installing various Solar installations to current Hereward Electrical customers, he decided to set up Hereward Solar Solutions. Providing his knowledge to Domestic and Commercial customers alike, across Peterborough, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk the company keeps progressing as more people are becoming interested in renewable energy.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Feed-in Tariff

Solar Information Centre in Peterborough

Our unique Solar Information Centre based to the rear of Peterborough's Notcutts Garden Centre enables us to demonstrate how Solar Photovoltaic's works and allows us to explain the many benefits it has to offer. With a fully operational 500 watt system on the roof and a meter showing what we are producing at all times it makes it very simple to see how effective Solar PV is.

No sales approach

We offer a "No sales approach" to explain how the newly introduced Feed in Tariff works along with any further information we can offer.

Everybody is welcome to come along for a demonstration or simply let us explain how it all works. Our opening times are Saturday, Sundays and Bank Holidays 10am-4pm however please contact us to arrange an appointment if you are unable to make these days so that we can arrange a convenient time for you.

For more information on the garden centre and how to find us please visit http://www.notcutts.co.uk/Peterborough/

To see us in the local news please visit http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/business/solar_energy_firm_generates_interest_1_370104

Customer Testimonials

Our Appearance on BBC 5Live

1st September 2010, Nicky Campbell Breakfast Show