What is a Solar Tracker
A solar tracker is a piece of hardware which can allow your solar panel installation to "track" - or follow - the sun as it moves across the sky. In this way, you solar pv system can be exposed to direct sunlight for a much longer period than if it is installed in a fixed location.
Solar trackers work with a motor to rotate the solar panel installation which in built on a framework specifically designed for such a job. Your solar pv system is then automatically rotated throughout the day to achieve the optimum exposure to the sun's ray and provide more free electricity or hot water.
If you are interested in a solar tracker for your solar panel system, contact one of our solar panel installers for further information, details and prices. Solar Panels are a great way to generate free electricity or hot water by harnessing the sun's rays as well as providing a way for you to both save and make money through Government incentives schemes such as the Feed in Tariff.
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Australian company Rainbow Power offer a great 300 Watt hydro power generator system for small scale Pico-hydro projects. This unit can be used to charge a 12 or 24 Volt battery bank. The HYD-200 is a low maintenance long service life micro hydro generator available in 12V and 24V models. The
Fri 27th Jan 2012 12:44pm - Solar Tracker
Most photovoltaic (PV) solar panels are fitted in a fixed location - for example on the sloping roof of a house, or on framework fixed to the ground. Since the sun moves across the sky through the day, this is far from an ideal solution. Solar panels are usually set up to be in full direct sunshin
Fri 27th Jan 2012 10:46am - Construction company puts biodiversity on its agenda
Lafarge transforms old quarry sites to give a new home to indigenous flora and fauna.
Wildfowl and birds have a new haven on the site of a former sand and gravel quarry in North Yorkshire, thanks to a wetland restoration project by Lafarge.
The wealth of biodiversity at Marfield Wetlands was commended in the inaugural Natural England Biodiversity Awards, part of the 2011 Mineral Product Association’s restoration and biodiversity event.
The Marfield area has a long history of mineral extraction, dating back to the 16th century, according to parish records. The site was initially quarried on an ad hoc basis by the Swinton Estate, before it was sold in the 1950s. Extraction stopped in 1989, before Lafarge acquired the land in the late ’90s. The concrete and aggregates group recognised the potential for biodiversity, and revised the original restoration plans.
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