What is the difference between Solar Flat Panels and Solar Evacuated Tubes (Vacuum Panels)?
Solar Flat Panels look like a flat panel of glass similar to the velux windows that you see on roofs of houses. It is a flat plate absorber fixed in a frame between a single or double layer of glass with an insulation panel at the back. These are fixed through the roof onto the rafters and all pipe work is sealed and runs back into your hot water cylinder tank. Solar Evacuated Tubes (Vacuum Panels) are a series of tube panels side by side made of 2 layers of glass. This allows the sun’s heat to be absorbed through the tubes of sealed glass efficiently but will not allow the heat to escape. This system works similar to a thermos flask in the way that no heat is allowed to escape due to the vacuum. Is the Irish Climate suitable for Solar Panels? Despite popular belief that the Irish climate is not suitable for Solar Panel Energy due to our cloudy conditions and interrupted summers, the fact is that Ireland gets the same amount of sunlight as parts of Central Europe and is suitable for So
