Electrical & renewables contractors
NGPS were proud to be asked to install the 10kW Solar PV system at Oakdale School in Poole. This system has Enphase micro inverters which have a 25 year warranty.
This work was completed as part of a £1.7million extension to the school, including six new classrooms built in a two storey extension at the school in School Lane, to allow admission numbers to increase in September when the new school year begins.
Read more about the extension project in The Bournemouth Echo
Here’s some information on the differences between Micro Inverters over DC Optimisers that we think you’ll find interesting.
There’s been a lot of talk about the Solar Edge system lately and from their marketing materials you’d think their technology was the answer to a solar installer’s prayers. But there are four things that you need to know before you install a Solar Edge system.
First: DS optimisers have all the down sides over old technology plus some new ones. String inverters have a single point of failure and Solar Edge systems have a second, single point of failure. If either the inverter or communications go down, power production stops. Micro-inverters have no single point of failure and if a micro-inverter or the communications go down the system keeps on producing.
Second: Solar Edge is proven to produce less power. A third-party testing facility found Solar Edge produces less power than the world’s leading micro-inverter day in and day out. Why because while a single DC Optimizer may turn on at 5 volts the whole system can’t turn on until it produces enough power to get the inverted going, and that takes 350 volts or more. That’s why a system with the leading micro-inverters wakes up a good 30 minutes earlier than a solar edge system each morning and keeps producing later each evening.
Third: DC optimizes are more complex to design and install. And you have to juggle your design around their limits. You need fourteen modules per branch to get the best energy production. You can lose 2% or more power if you have fewer or more modules and if you have fewer or more eight modules, it won’t turn on the inverter at all.
Finally the efficiency and warranty that Solar Edge talks about is misleading it’s the whole system that you have to think about so you have to multiply the efficiencies of the DC optimizer and the string inverter to get the true efficiency and the warranty, the warranty of the whole system is only as good as the shortest component’s warranty and the warranty for Solar Edge string inverters is much shorter than for their DC optimizers. As a solar installer you want a system that makes power for your customer and money for you. When it comes to flexible design, high power production and system reliability, micro inverters win out every time.
For more information on Enphase microinverters please contact us.
Are you worried about the never ending rise in energy prices?
As demonstrated in recent weeks with average 9% price hikes, the energy companies seemingly have a license to pick the pockets of the British public
If that isn’t depressing enough, the government’s go ahead for the new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point guarantees that at best, the wholesale cost of electricity will double over the next ten years!
That`s 10% a year and energy users pay the retail price which is a lot higher than the wholesale price.
Enough is enough I here you say, so why not take a stance now?
For a one off payment, using money you will otherwise hand over to those energy companies, a renewable energy source on your property offers the opportunity to fight back and inflation proof your family income against those frightening price increases.
Award winning ‘Best Installer in the South & South West’ Renewable and Electrical specialists NGPS, are offering home owners a free, no obligation property survey and quotation service, at the end of which you will know:
What type of installation is viable for your home.
What outlay is required.
And most important of all, what you can expect your Return on Investment to be.
Don’t delay…call us today!
Our current prices :
£6500 for a 4 kW system comprising sixteen all black Mono 250 modules with German SMA Inverter, including VAT and Energy performance Certificate.
Facing South this system will produce over 3500 kW hours per year, reducing the import energy bill and ring fencing these hours against price rises. The system will also produce a tax free and index linked return on investment of over £600 a year guaranteed for twenty years. The German inverter has a five year warranty.
£8000 for a 4 kW system comprising sixteen all black Mono 250 modules with individual Enphase inverters and internet gateway including VAT and Energy Performance Certificate.
Facing South this system will produce around 4000 kW hours per year, reducing the import energy bill and ring fencing these hours against price rises. The system will also produce an index linked return on investment of over £700 a year, guaranteed for twenty years. These inverters have a twenty five year warranty.
For a free no obligation site survey please book an appointment. We do not have salesmen only engineers and surveyors. We can arrange finance if required and do not take a deposit. We send you out a full quotation with predictions and contact details of over fifty recent satisfied customers.
NGPS have won a contract to install FREE electric car charging points. To claim this great government subsidised POD Point Solo Home Charge Unit contact us for a survey.
NGPS is partnered with Dorset Energized to help Dorset get energized and be part of the green revolution.
Dorset Energized are a non-profit organisation with the goal to educate people that renewable energy can save you energy and money, while also being a benefit to the planet.
They advise individuals, household, businesses and communities to invest in renewable energies to be more energy efficient and sustainable.
“We would like to help everyone feel informed about why renewable and sustainable energy is important. We would like to help everyone know what renewable technologies are available, and their advantages and disadvantages, so that you can have confidence in exploring the options that will work for you, and to take the next step. After all, there’s little point learning about how to install a small hydro-electricity system if you don’t have access to suitable running water.”
They have featured NGPS in a great article please click the link below and read about our recent solar panel installations.
Dorset Energized – Dorset & the South West Going Solar Powered with NGPS
The Poole Town and Country show was held at Upton House on the 3rd and 4th August 2013.
Our stand included Solar PV with ‘Enphase’ and ‘Sunny Boy inverters’ along with ‘Sanyo / Panasonic HIT thin film modules’ and ‘Canadian and Phono models’, Solar thermal, A working display ‘Danfoss AQ heat pump’, ‘ETA Biomass boilers’, ‘Immersuns’.
Honiton Bowling Club in Devon have fitted 7.9 kW of solar PV to help reduce its running costs and reduce its carbon footprint.
This £15K system with very efficient 260 watt ELPS modules and Enphase micro inverters will pay for itself in less than six years.
All the equipment is guaranteed for 25 years and the feed in contract is 20 years.
On 04/07/2013 this system started generating at 5.10 am and stopped at 9.20pm
NGPS have completed one hundred Enphase PV systems up to June 2014, the first Dorset company to do so.
Enphase “The future of Solar” and NGPS Ltd “Best Renewables Installers in the South” is a winning combination.
Enphase’s proven microinverter technology maximizes production of each module, enabling flexible designs and cost-effective installations.
Generate more solar power with a system that’s easy to design, simple to install, and safer for both system installers and owners.
Enphase’s microinverter technology delivers more kilowatt-hours daily, monthly and yearly—even through the partial shade of clouds, trees, or structural obstructions.
Plus, it increases uptime by eliminating the single point of failure common to traditional inverters.
The Enlighten monitoring platform provides an unprecedented level of intelligence to solar system owners and installers.
Unlike conventional monitoring systems, Enlighten is continuously monitoring the health and performance of the entire system to ensure maximum uptime. Available through an intuitive, web-based interface, Enlighten brings your system operations and maintenance processes to new heights of efficiency and convenience.
View your systems performance in real time on computer, tablet or modern phone.
Are you worried about rising energy costs? Then come along to our next Sustainability Roadshow at :
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Get free advice and information on Energy Efficiency and Renewables including:
Special show offers available on the day
No salesmen, No pressure, No need to tell us your name and address just come along and get FREE information.
Refreshments available with all proceeds to Bluebell Children’s Trust which is a local charity helping disadvantaged local children.
For more information visit Sustainable Roadshows
