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We've recently started a small company in East Sussex, to source and fit alternative energy products - and are very happy to offer anyone free advice. As I came to the business from being an "amateur tinkerer", we will be doing all we can to help the amateur enthusiast. We've just agreed a...

classically you need some south facing roof - anywhere from SW to SE will work fine - if you use the evacuated tube type, they will work to some extent in any direction, but to be useable you need them to be facing the sun! 8)

some time ago, I ran a small free range poultry farm, and learnt that one of the big local packing/wholesalers would buy eggs in glut at giveaway prices, then shipped them "over the border" into Kent, where they were stored in redundant appple stores at a lowish (not frozen) temperature - ...

food for thought - if you use a "tilt-up" tower, it has been successfully argued that it is a "temporary structure" (like a shed), and hence you DON'T need planning consent!

There are now several companies offering "roof mounted" wind turbines - in words of one syllable, they're a con! :? Let me explain - noone in their right mind would contemplate "wall or roof" mounting - it WILL vibrate, and exert some hefty loads into the structure - I can forsee...

Found the site by "accident", had a good read, and noticed some posts that I thought were begging for answers, so I reckoned "joining in" would be a good idea! I'm at the moment helping a friend set up a small company that sources and fits alternative energy products, and over th...