The simplest, the size, capacity and efficiency of solar panels continues to improve and so features equipped with a high. As the range of water features has become more and more varied, an increasingly popular range of features have appeared that dazzle us with displays powered not from a humble plug socket but from that huge ball of nuclear space fire that we have such a long and beneficial relationship with; the sun.

Solar power has become a major selling point in the water feature world. Luckily, for those who do want a feature that'll run when the weather's looking considerably greyer than we'd like, solar technology manufacturers have heard their pleas and come up with a number of solutions. It's not as simple as that, thankfully. They utilise green energy, cost nothing to run, don't require any lengthy cabling and run our water features at the time we want them to the most; when the is out.

All well and good if you live in the South of France, you could argue, but what about those who dwell in more temperate (okay, rainy) regions like, say, the UK; surely solar power is no real option for such soggy climes.