Facts

Did you know that a standard solar installation can produce up to 60% of your annual hot water needs
The exact distance between Earth and the Sun varies with its position in its orbit, which is elliptical. The average distance (the mean distance) between the Earth and the Sun is about 150 million kilometers (93 million miles).
The average distance from the Earth to the Sun is also called 1 astronomical unit (or AU). This is established as 149, 597, 870.7 kilometers (92,955,887.6 miles).

• Aphelion (when the Earth is the farthest from the Sun) occurs around the first week of July. The distance is about 152 million km (94.4 million miles).
• Perihelion (when the Earth is closest to the Sun) occurs in the first week of January. The distance is about 147 million km (91.3 million miles).

Evacuated flat panels

Genersys marks a new level of performance by introducing the world’s only evacuated flat plate solar panels.

For some years now we have worked with our German and Slovakian partners, ThermoSolar, to produce reliable vacuum technology for solar thermal applications. Fifteen years ago, their evacuated solar held a vacuum for about two years, but could be re-evacuated on site. Five or six years ago the seals were improved to provide a vacuum that lasts up to ten years. Unlike these earlier tubes, when the vacuum is lost on the new Genersys evacuated flat plates, re-evacuation is easy from the home or from a plant room.

Last year Genersys started manufacturing vacuum solar panels and are proud to announce availability of our new panels to the UK. Both panels have achieved full EN Certification and Solar Keymark certification for both vacuum flat plate panels. You can see what solar Keymark certification involves here.

The Genersys 1450 and 1850 are the world's first evacuated solar collectors to combine the aesthetic appeal of a flat plate, glazed, solar panel and the insulative qualities of vacuum collectors.

Combining high quality materials, state of the art construction and utilising Genersys's folding technology (no solders, rivets screws bolts or nuts used), the panels are roof mounted and the installer pumps the air out to create a vacuum of 100pa which operates as the insulation.

The vacuum is an ideal insulation -a space where heat cannot escape. Applied to a solar panel this minimises heat loss and offers better performance for surface area. The Genersys 1450 and 1850 both feature the same exacting, world leading contruction but the 1850's unique surface coating distinguishes it apart from the 1000-10 and 1450. Infact, the 1850's super hot titanium oxide coating is so efficient at conducting heat that it is too hot to recommend for domestic operations but is ideal for where you may have a constant heat demand that normal solar panels could never keep up with –such needs may arise in a hospital or industrial process.

The 1450 offers higher performance than the 1000-10 in colder conditions and is well suited to both commercial and domestic applications, particularly if roof space is limited.

Our new solar panels also come with the Genersys hallmark of quality, our world class 20 Year Warranty covering both performance and corrosion of the panel.