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(Free-Press-Release.com) July 2, 2009 -- With the growing number of solar water heating systems on the market and the apparent conflicting advice as to whether to choose a flat plate system or a vacuum tube solar water heating system. SolarKent.co.uk has now produced a brief summary comparing systems from the 4 major UK suppliers.

One of the key outcomes is how similar the systems are in terms of price and the effectiveness in terms of energy generated, though surprisingly showing a solar vacuum tube system having the best cost per kWh.

Simon Mallett who maintains the SolarKent website said "Though I knew the vacuum tube systems were more efficient when considering roof surface area, it was a surprise to see one of these systems apparently have a lower quoted installation cost as well!"

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Comparison of Solar Water Heating Systems

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He went on to say "This rather shows up the cowboy companies who still sell vacuum tube systems at wildly inflated prices on the premise that they are a more costly technology, or 3rd generation, clearly there is no need for such a high price!"

The solarkent web site also provides a great deal of practical and independent advice on solar and other renewable energy along with a section on avoiding being ripped off. The advice being that a solar water heating system should cost in the region of £4,000. The recent research indicating that this is a relevant price whatever technology is used!