Steve_S
Offgrid Cabineer, N.E. Ontario, Canada
Decimal latitude and longitude coordinates for Wales (United Kingdom): 53.34061, -1.28162
Without the closest city/town this is the best info that can be gotten.
@ 53 Degrees your a little higher north than I am at 45 Degrees (Algonquin Park Ontario Canada) but you have the advantage you do not get the snow I do ! We get 30cm snowfalls in a "Normal Winter" so you know you are not missing anything. For you, in a "Generic" sense your solar panels will have to be at 50 Degrees so that negates being on a roof pretty much.
I mention this because I am offgrid, rural & remote and deep within the Arboreal Forest. I built myself a hyper-efficient home which is a respectable little house for us. I will point out that my Home Heating is Radiant Heat coming from the frost protected slab foundation which acts as a Thermal Mass regulator which makes a huge difference in temperature management. Now I am NOT an energy hog and have no massive power requirements because everything from well pump to lights are high efficiency devices and the well pump even has a Soft-Start system so no big surges to the inverter. I use an average of 3.5 to 4.0 kWh per day YEAR ROUND! Now I cannot include my Heating in that energy consumption because it is presently using Propane for the on-demand heater that it uses, LPG was chosen because the intention is to replace it with BioGas.
The simple system that got me started & kept me running was NOT HUGE as it does not have to be...
2000W of solar panel (8x 260W in 4s2p config) South Facing @ 45 degree angle (correct for me)
1x Midnite Solar Classic 200 - provides 80A charging for my 24V Battery Bank
1x Samlex EVO-4024 (4000W LF PureSine Inverter/Charger) (very efficient (95%), low power consumption)
24V Battery Bank with LFP. Mine is larger "now" (45kWh) because I can go many days without solar generation and I really don't like using the genset but "when" I have to it takes 8 Hours runtime to charge from 10% to 100% (or 10 days in frugal mode power).
! Your Battery Bank & SCC(s) will determine how much solar you will need.
Consideration for Agri-regions of Wales, another possible option with your setup may be the ability to use a "Sheppards Hut" as a powerhouse & mounting point for panels... I know they limit how big they can be but I recall seeing some pretty big ones on farms, not likely they ever saw asphalt as they were up on blocks. The thing is, because it is on wheels it gets out of the planning permissions in many cases, especially if the property you find is appropriately classed.
Without the closest city/town this is the best info that can be gotten.
@ 53 Degrees your a little higher north than I am at 45 Degrees (Algonquin Park Ontario Canada) but you have the advantage you do not get the snow I do ! We get 30cm snowfalls in a "Normal Winter" so you know you are not missing anything. For you, in a "Generic" sense your solar panels will have to be at 50 Degrees so that negates being on a roof pretty much.
I mention this because I am offgrid, rural & remote and deep within the Arboreal Forest. I built myself a hyper-efficient home which is a respectable little house for us. I will point out that my Home Heating is Radiant Heat coming from the frost protected slab foundation which acts as a Thermal Mass regulator which makes a huge difference in temperature management. Now I am NOT an energy hog and have no massive power requirements because everything from well pump to lights are high efficiency devices and the well pump even has a Soft-Start system so no big surges to the inverter. I use an average of 3.5 to 4.0 kWh per day YEAR ROUND! Now I cannot include my Heating in that energy consumption because it is presently using Propane for the on-demand heater that it uses, LPG was chosen because the intention is to replace it with BioGas.
The simple system that got me started & kept me running was NOT HUGE as it does not have to be...
2000W of solar panel (8x 260W in 4s2p config) South Facing @ 45 degree angle (correct for me)
1x Midnite Solar Classic 200 - provides 80A charging for my 24V Battery Bank
1x Samlex EVO-4024 (4000W LF PureSine Inverter/Charger) (very efficient (95%), low power consumption)
24V Battery Bank with LFP. Mine is larger "now" (45kWh) because I can go many days without solar generation and I really don't like using the genset but "when" I have to it takes 8 Hours runtime to charge from 10% to 100% (or 10 days in frugal mode power).
! Your Battery Bank & SCC(s) will determine how much solar you will need.
Consideration for Agri-regions of Wales, another possible option with your setup may be the ability to use a "Sheppards Hut" as a powerhouse & mounting point for panels... I know they limit how big they can be but I recall seeing some pretty big ones on farms, not likely they ever saw asphalt as they were up on blocks. The thing is, because it is on wheels it gets out of the planning permissions in many cases, especially if the property you find is appropriately classed.