Marine wind and solar systems.

Marine wind and solar systems.

We list equipment suppliers and installers of solar power and wind power systems for canal boats and narrowboats.

Alternative sources of energy are becoming increasingly popular on canal boats, as they are on land. Wind and solar energy is free and renewable and frees the boat owner from dependency on mains electricity supplies or noisy generators. Many canal boats use photovoltaic solar panels or small wind generators to keep their batteries charged when the boat is on a mooring and engine is not being run. A few boats use larger arrays of PV solar panels with special power management systems and banks of batteries to supply most of their energy needs. Inverters are used to provide 230 volt AC current for appliances. There have been experiments with boats actually powered by electricity generated in this way.

Some of the electrical installers and suppliers listed separately also cover solar and wind power systems. As always in Canal Junction you can move to the page you want next by clicking on the QUICKLINKS tab on the top left of this page, or by using the Search box alongside the tab.