Resources

Here’s a selection of microgeneration resources that I’ve found useful:

Solar Thermal:
Sunny Days - Great basic introduction to solar energy inluding facts to help dispel some of the myths commonly used by the installers regarding performance and some useful rules of thumb for domestic water heating systems in Ireland and the UK

Independent Solar Thermal Panel Test Results - Separtae PDFs showing results of testing of over 260 different solar panels by Swiss test institute SPF (SolarTechnik Prufung Forschung) (see this article for a general summary of the solar panel test results including evacuated versus flat plate and relevance for UK/Ireland)