Solar CHP Shines in the Sun

New Combined Heat and Power panels from Alfagy promises better payback for your solar installation.

Photovoltaics (PV) are semi-conductors and operate in a paradox – they need sunlight to generate electricity but suffer a degradation in performance as they get hotter. Standard PV Panels typically only convert 10-15% of solar radiation into electricity and the rest is dissipated as waste heat.

Solar CHP generates both electricity and usable thermal heat at the same time from one panel. The module heat is absorbed in order to produce hot water which cools the PV and efficiency is optimised as the heat is transferred into hot water that is used on site.

Solar CHP's dual solar collection produces 2 usable energy outputs with one collection system.  Because of this, the installations costs are lower and the revenues from Green incentive which generates a higher Return on Investment (ROI) than normal Solar PV.