We have recently shared that since the start of the year there has been a 75% increase in searches for solar panels, certainly, we have the benefit of receiving a large proportion of this increased traffic. A large theme within this is a Solar Panel Savings Calculator which keeps coming up again and again. After doing some investigation into the calculators that exist already, we wanted to give our own handy guide below.
The downside of using another solar panel savings calculator
The majority of solar panel savings calculators out there require lots of information to be gathered or estimated to then give what are eye-wateringly expensive quotes. Due to solar being ultimately such a region and system-specific design, the prices needed to be marked up accordingly to serve as a catch-all. This we feel is a disservice to businesses that are wanting to explore solar, we feel every business should have some solar deployed if their roof and electricity demand is suitable.
The solar panel savings calculators we have come across, also again, inherently due to the complex nature of a design, don’t offer much in the way of understanding or education around solar. We are seeing a resurface in entities coming back to the market to rejoin the solar coaster, take advantage of the market, and feel that the only way to avoid being at the mercy of such organisations is through education.
Our Solar Panel Savings Calculator
Granted, thus far our best solar savings calculator has been rather light on the solar saving calculations but it’s important to get the above out of the way so that our points below have more relevance. After being in the industry for 12 years and seeing energy prices fluctuate, government incentives come and go and kit costs vary, we can safely say there has never been a better time to look at installing solar panels.
Typically, Solar Panels can cover between 5% and 40% of a site’s electricity demand (subject to time of use, roof structure, and relevant energy intensiveness of the business itself).
With energy prices as high as they are and where they are predicted to possibly stay, typical paybacks are ranging from just under two years to five years.
For us though, the only true way we can give a real solar panel savings calculator is if you get in touch and let us do a true design and proposal for you, that way we can walk and talk you through each facet of the process and share some knowledge along the way.
