What Is Solar Thermal Solar thermal generates heat from either direct or indirect sunlight. We can use this heat to provide hot water it can go towards heating your radiators/underfloor heating or be stored in heat batteries.

A solar thermal system main components generally consist of a mounting frame, solar thermal panels, pipe, pump station and a controller. The solar thermal pipework would have to connect to a hot water cylinder, battery or buffer vessel. The solar panels attach to the mounting frame which in turn is connected to a roof structure or ground. The solar panels then connect to the pump station by pipework, then from the pump station pipework would connect to a hot water cylinder, heating or heat battery.

Cut your heating bills. Sunlight is free, so once you've paid for the initial installation, your heating costs will be reduced.

Cut your carbon footprint. Solar thermal is green renewable energy and doesn't release any harmful carbon dioxide or other pollutants. A typical home solar thermal system could save around 600kgs of carbon dioxide per year.

Maintenance. Maintenance costs for solar thermal heating systems are generally very low requiring little maintenance. Most solar water heating systems come with a five to ten-year warranty but we would expect your system to last 25 years and more. We recommend your system to be checked every 4 years.

Energy storage. Energy storage systems, also known as batteries, allow you to capture heat when it is readily available, and save it until a time when it is useful to you.