Solar Thermal v's Solar PV

[Energyboy]

I have been asked by my previous University to investigate the argument of Solar PV v?s Solar Thermal installations. I would collect data over the summer months and draw conclusions on how the respective technologies operate in the London environment.

I am looking for two houses ideally in the same area of SE London so that both are getting as near as possible identical environment conditions.

The first house will have Solar PV generating electricity installed while the second will have Solar Thermal panels installed generating hot water.

Let me know if you have either technology installed and we can discuss with a view to recording some real time data which will help investigate the true worth of these technologies.

Energyboy

[the-e-dealer]

Try Googling Donnachah Macarthy in Peckham

[nashoi]

Just curious, but is this anything to do with Imperial's work with Naked Energy?

[mhudson1]

I have solar PV if you would like to email me [email protected]

[mynamehere]

I'm also doing research on new technology uptake. I'm glad this thread has been lounged as you are the intelligensia of the EDF, too numerous to name but you know who you are and I court your ideas here please:

What would "sell" you on more than required (insulation is all that's required and then people replace their windows on a need to basis) home energy new technologies?

Would you ever put in solar electric? hot water? geo-thermal? grey water reuse?

Do you think they don't work? Do you think they are too expensive? Do you just not have enough ?? for things like that and other home improvement, so you defer?

I'd really love to read your ideas... by Tuesday next week... not to put you under pressure. 20's a statistical sample but you are all so smart it would be a biased sample

Would you use a website that showed costs based on rooms and technologies and payback projections if it was shiney and bright?

There are existing government unbiased websites and WHICH? has a members website which calculates costs and payback. Are they not user friendly?