H2ecO

H2ecO is a family - run business, that is passionate about affordable renewable energy for homes and businesses in and around Dorset. Solar panels are now better and cheaper than ever! We have a wide range of options to suit almost any home or business.

For all of our technologies we offer a full design, supply and installation service or in certain circumstances an ongoing service contract.

We develop projects for ourselves as well as our customers so we understand what is important in the systems we supply:

1.     Reliability.  

2.     Return on Investment.

3.     Minimal Maintenance.

4.     Genuine contribution to Carbon Emission Reduction.

We will only ever install systems that we would be happy to invest into ourselves for the long-term.

Our business philosophy is one of partnership, therefore we DO NOT employ any hard-sell tactics. We are MCS registered and are signed up to RECC assurance code. Which all MCS companies must be.

If you are interested in talking to us about possible installation, we will never ask you to sign anything on the day, rather we will answer your questions and design a system that best suits your needs, or let you know that a particular technology may not be suitable for your location.

Solar PV

How does Solar Power work?

​In simple terms, the energy from the sun is collected by the panels we mount on the roof or ground and is converted into DC electricity (the type that comes out of a battery).

The DC electricity is not useable as mains electricity and needs to be converted. That is the job of the inverter.

The Inverter is the heart of the system and converts the DC electricity to mains electricity that can be fed into your property for you to use and/or be exported back to the grid. The inverter works totally automatically and does not require any attention in normal operation.

The power from the inverter feeds into your fuse board and is used directly by your household appliances. If more is needed than your system generates, additional power is drawn from the grid automatically. At certain times, the system may generate more than you are using, at which time the power will flow into the national grid someone else can use it. Your home has become a mini-power station.

You get paid a FiT payment for every unit of energy you generate plus a payment for energy you export to the grid. In addition, you get to use the energy for free. It really is too good to be true.

this is then transferred and stored in a hot water cylinder.

There are two types of solar water heating panels:

• Evacuated tubes, usually roof mounted.

• Flat plate collectors, either roof mounted or integrated in the roof.

The heating provided by these systems varies throughout the year, and as such they are used in conjunction with traditional style boilers of immersion heaters. In the summer a system could provide the majority of your hot water although this will be substantially lower in the winter.