Solar Heating Services

Worcester’s solar water heating can provide up to 60%* of your annual hot water requirements.

Greenskies solar water heating panels use the power in sunlight to produce hot water for the home.

Are solar water heating panels cost effective?

A typical well sized solar thermal system should provide around 50-70% of the domestic hot water requirements of the home, representing a worthwhile saving on hot water heating costs.

The remaining hot water requirement is provided by the boiler.

A common question about solar water heating is whether there’s enough sunshine available to make solar worthwhile.

Contrary to popular belief the amount of solar radiation received in this area is enough for solar water heating to be a viable supplement to existing domestic water heating.

Perhaps surprisingly, the UK in particular receives 65% of the amount of solar radiation that is received by the south of Spain.

The radiation in the UK is made up of direct radiation on sunny days, which accounts for around 40%, and diffused radiation on cloudy days, accounting for 60% of the total.

Worcester’s solar water heating panels have been developed with this typical weather in mind and make the most of both direct and diffused sunlight to give a useful annual contribution wherever you are in the UK.

Summer will provide the largest amount of solar radiation over the year but a useful contribution will also be provided by other seasons.

As an indication, a well sized typical solar water heating installation will provide the following proportion of the household?s domestic hot water requirement:

% of requirement fulfilled by solar

This translates to over half of the typical annual domestic hot water requirement.