Solar energy will be more affordable and can actually be commissioned much earlier, and built in just one year period. Recent reports of solar energy companies into bankruptcy and stories of assumed federal loan scandals have long gloom on the solar energy industry. But the sun is far from set in photovoltaics. In fact, in 2010, the solar panels that can generate 17 gigawatts of power - which is equal to nearby 17 nuclear power plants - were sold globally.

Solar panels are set to become a common feature of the UK skyline, thanks to the governments FIT scheme and especially with the 2012 tariff deadline fast approaching. However, the dark blue or black, silver-streaked panels generally associated with solar modules are not everyone’s idea of beauty when it comes to improving their home.