26/12/09 - We were delighted to receive a message over Christmas from a Green Electrician PV customer in Oxfordshire who wanted us to know that their solar PV panels were making electricity even on the shortest day of the year.  In an air temperature of just 2 degrees C they produced 7kWh during the day. 

This demonstrates two important points about solar pv: 1) They require daylight rather than direct sunlight to produce electricity and 2) a solar pv panel becomes generally less efficient in temperatures above room temperature and clearly works in lower temperatures making the UK a good place for solar PV!