Articles from the solarVis team on the solar energy market, technology, policy, sales, and the renewable energy transition.
11 min readAs of September 2026, no UK scheme pays a grant for a standalone home solar PV install: GBIS is closed, ECO4 is insulation-led, and BUS excludes solar, leaving 0% VAT and SEG as what actually lowers the cost.
12 min readStart a PV design from consumption or from usable area, then verify the panel layout, the system capacity, the yield and the inverter selection together.
16 min readA battery's saving is not its capacity times the price of electricity. It is a price spread, captured a limited number of times a year, minus losses. Here is how to model it under UK network charges, and what changes in South Africa.
8 min readPoint at an address, get a finished design: that is the promise most solar software makes. The reality is two separate steps, not one. Here is what AI roof detection and AI panel placement actually do inside solarVis, and where each one hands the work back to you.
14 min readA practical guide to MCS certification for UK solar installers: routes, costs, timeline, and what the installation certificate contains.
10 min readEnergy security is not only about supply, it is about affordability. From the Russia-Ukraine gas crisis to the Strait of Hormuz, geopolitical shocks keep landing on energy bills. The structural fix is electrification: local solar, battery storage, and heat pumps.
10 min readA technical guide to how solarVis models solar irradiance, ray-traced shading, and string design: solar access, TSRF, the single-diode model, and inverter-bound string sizing.
10 min readA field-tested playbook for solar lead generation: customer segments, digital strategies, KPIs, regulatory levers per market, and the seven mistakes most installers make before they fix their pipeline.
14 min readDuring the last 5 years, Italy has set new and ambitious targets in terms of carbon emissions, renewable energy deployments and carbon neutrality. Major target, which is to reach 100% Carbon Neutrality, is set to be achieved by 2050.
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