The ‘Evaluating solar PV with electric heating’ project installed 18 solar PV systems and 11 Mixergy smart hot water cylinders in socially rented homes. The Mixergy cylinders all had solar diverters which could use excess solar PV generation to power the immersion heater for free.

The ‘Evaluating solar PV with electric heating’ project installed solar PV systems in properties with air-source heat pumps (ASHP), infrared heating panels and electric storage heaters with and without battery storage.

The ‘Evaluating solar PV with electric heating’ project assessed the benefits of installing solar PV systems in social housing with different types of electric heating. The properties had a mix of air-source heat pumps (ASHP), infrared heating panels and electric storage heaters with and without battery storage.

We support the Department’s focus on reducing carbon emissions and improving the energy performance of homes.

‘Making heat cheaper, smarter and greener’ was an Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme Innovation project.

This project installed a hybrid combination of a Mitsubishi air-source heat pump (ASHP) with novel Solar Angel PV-T (PV and thermal) solar panels in 21 homes, to provide a “whole house” approach, in rural properties not connected to mains gas in Norton, Kent and Iden, East Sussex.

This project was delivered by YES Energy Solutions in collaboration with Basingstoke and Dean Borough Council to establish running costs of air-to-air source heat pumps (ASHP) in a park home setting, ultimately reducing heating costs for residents of Attwood Close park home site; examine customer satisfaction levels with ASHPs as a heating system; and provide a case study to be applied for future park home sites.