| Are you looking to produce your own solar power | | | | grassroots group buying initiatives taking place |
| using panels? Are you ready to harness the most | | | | whereby communities of homeowners are gathering |
| renewable source of energy there is, sunlight? If you | | | | to purchase solar panels at a discounted rate. |
| are a homeowner, there is no excuse not to take | | | | 2. Material - For do it yourselfers such as yourself, you |
| advantage of solar power. The cost of solar panel | | | | will need to make sure that you have the right |
| materials has dropped dramatically. There are enough | | | | materials to start out with. Solar cells are the most |
| online resources to help even the busiest do it | | | | important part of the solar panel equation. Solar cells |
| yourselfers. | | | | come in either polycrystalline form or amorphous. |
| You may not care about eliminating your carbon | | | | Amorphous cells are generally higher in efficiency and |
| footprint at all. The good news is that solar power | | | | smaller, but also more expensive. |
| systems can be repaid in as little as a couple of years. | | | | 3. Energy Storage - You have two choices when it |
| That means incredible savings in your electricity bill. | | | | comes to making use of the electricity you generate. |
| There are many cases where homeowners have sold | | | | You can either store the energy in a battery or tie that |
| surplus electricity back to their utilities for a monthly | | | | energy to the electrical grid. If you do decide to tie the |
| profit, making the payback period even shorter than | | | | electricity to your grid make sure that your utility |
| ever imagined. | | | | approves and make sure an experienced electrician |
| There are a few things to consider when taking | | | | connect it for you. In order to tie the electricity to the |
| advantage of DIY solar power; | | | | grid, you will need an inverter to convert the electricity |
| | | | from AC to DC current compatible with your |
| 1. Costs - Financial incentives make it easy for | | | | appliances. |
| homeowners and commercial building managers to | | | | Solar energy is a very real and is here to stay. Solar |
| take advantage of solar power. Government subsidies | | | | technology has been around for decades and is now |
| and state tax rebates make it incredibly advantageous | | | | developed to a point where almost any homeowner |
| to tap into solar power immediately. There are also | | | | can tap into it for energy in one way or another. |