Side by side testing of eight solar water heating systems
Apr 4th, 2009 by Mr.Burton
How this DTI funded report on solar panel performance highlighted the need for zero carbon solar thermal systems because the operational carbon clawback exceeded 20% for some solar panels. To save energy, there was one zero carbon solar panel, Solartwin, whose design innovations were validated by the study. Solar energy is not negated by “parasitics” by the best solar panel designs.
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thank you for the …
thank you for the explanations and the graph is very helpful at showing how good these systems realy are and more importantly how much better they will continue to get im sure.
Many thanks for your comments, rustknight1. I am hopeful for future building codes and solar thermal incentives schemes. That they will eventually focus more on NET SYSTEM carbon and energy savings (rather than gross energy delivery from a panel) when these are eventually freed from the grip of old solar interests (for whom the big picture is not so important).