I already talked about considering solar panels for the home in my last blog—how we heard about it, how we realized our old assumptions about the expense was wrong, and how we finally made the decision to get solar panels for our home. In this post, I’m going to talk about the installation methods. There [...]
Solar Power
Solar power systems for the home are gaining ground in recent years. Especially with fossil fuels being seen as detrimental to the environment, and with the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami highlighting the dangers of nuclear power. Solar power is a renewable source of energy that does not deplete over time. What’s more, it is [...]
Some people are seriously thinking about going for solar energy in their homes and would definitely wish for the constant decreasing cost of solar panels. They’re apprehensive, however, about how much it will cost them. This is not a groundless worry. The cost of solar panels can be quite staggering. If you include the cost [...]
Solar Power and Wind Power are two very popular and significant energy technologies that are generating a lot of buzz these days. That’s because they work. In a way, solar power and wind power are kind of the same thing. Wind is an effect of solar heating on the planet. Fluctuations in temperature all over [...]
In the last post, I talked about how my husband and I decided we would build our own wind generator after first eliminating other options, which included solar, and hydra power. As previously mentioned, we already had existing solar panels in place, and we debated just putting in more solar panels since we’d already proved [...]
Homeowners who are considering outfitting their homes with solar panels are quite concerned about the cost. This is with good reason, because the cost of solar panels can get pretty steep, especially if you consider the cost of installing them as well. The purchase price can intimidate some prospective customers, especially since having solar panels [...]
Power Home Appliances – For Free! Reduce Your Carbon Imprint – Your home becomes environmentally friendly when you start using a form of energy that does not harm its surroundings in order to function. Increasing Your Home’s Commercial Value – If you have solar panels installed in your house, it’s commercial value will automatically [...]
Solar Wind Power – Combining Two Technologies to Achieve Energy Independence The power of the sun is responsible for producing solar energy and wind energy. Humans have been using solar and wind energy in some form since ancient times for illumination, warmth and power. It took modern man a long time to figure out how [...]
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Image via Wikipedia These are some great resources put out by the U.S. Dept of Energy. Everything from an introduction to photovoltaics and basics to Databases and incentives for the separate states. It is a government page so it’s pretty wordy. At the same time they put together a comprehensive page about solar in the [...]
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Image via Wikipedia My family and I are doing our part to help to make this a cleaner world to live in. My husband and daughter made a homemade generator. It was inexpensive and also a great bonding experience for them. We also now have solar panels. Between the two things we are now living [...]
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