UK suitable solar evacuated tube units work even on cloudy days

The Government has said £197m more money has been pumped into solar feed-in tariffs. Climate change minister Greg Barker confirmed the total budget has been increased to £1,064m. Barker said the surge in new solar panel installations at the end of last year meant the scheme had already exceeded its spending cap for this financial year. However there was some flexibility in the budget on a year-by-year basis as long as the overall spending cap for the budget period remained intact.

Solar Collectors using glass evacuated tubes from SolarSave are the most efficient available and are particularly suitable for the UK. Each solar absorber within the SolarSave 15-tube Collector consists of two glass tubes made from extremely strong borosilicate glass. The outer tube is transparent allowing light rays to pass through with minimal reflection. The inner tube is coated with a special selective coating which absorbs the solar radiation with minimum reflection. This means they can work all year round even on cloudy days.