Let the sunshine in: How to use solar energy to slash winter bills 

Kya deLongchamps reveals how to maximise your solar-photovoltaic array

Get to know your system and using a battery, you can interact in dynamic ways with the grid, effectively farming and selling solar kWs. Picture: Solax

Despite the annual fall in grant aid managed by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), solar-photovoltaic panels are still popular in Ireland.

The figures show — we have the means to shine with this standalone renewable and prices for solar systems are increasingly competitive and highly transparent. Installations for the first half of 2024 were up by almost 50% compared with the same period last year.