| Building a solar PV system is not difficult if you have | | | | solar cells all designed to collect the power of the sun. |
| the proper instructions and the right building materials. | | | | Sunlight in the form of photons is absorbed by the |
| Once you are able to build one solar panel, you gain | | | | solar cells and bumps electrons via the photoelectric |
| the know-how to build other types of panel systems | | | | effect. This creates a current of electricity that can be |
| such as for your RV, boat, or portable solar storage | | | | tapped to power your household. |
| generators that you can carry with you on camping | | | | Building your own solar can turn out to be a third of the |
| trips. | | | | price of normal commercial systems. This means that |
| The main reservation people have when looking to | | | | you are making a very wise investment decision that |
| build their own solar power sources is the price. People | | | | can pay off many times over the course of the |
| think that it costs a lot to build a solar PV system. With | | | | panel's lifetime. Being that solar panels retain 80% |
| many solar installations, this is indeed the case. It can | | | | efficiency over an average of 25 years, this means |
| cost on average $6-7 per watt of solar electricity. This | | | | that there is a significant electricity cost reduction over |
| means that an average 100watt solar panel costs 600 | | | | the lifetime of the panel. |
| to 700 dollars. | | | | Many incentives are in place to help homeowners |
| A solar panel system is nothing more than an array of | | | | make the leap to renewable energy. |