| Solar power for homes is the new wave of the future. | | | | $200. Lots of homeowners are taking this route, and |
| This clean efficient way of supplying your home with | | | | having quite a fun time with it as well. |
| energy is taking over the country in the last year. It lets | | | | The DIY kits are going out the doors fast. The guides |
| the homeowner 'own' their energy supply instead of | | | | are really a great source of information, even down to |
| renting it from the utility companies. It's freedom, | | | | showing you the best places to buy your materials. It |
| independence, and big on savings. The biggest | | | | tells you what to do in order to figure out how much |
| production tasks are handled by the thermal and | | | | solar power you need to offset your utility bill. It steers |
| passive types of solar energy. Then you have the | | | | you in the right direction for all aspects of doing it |
| photovoltaic type that runs the fans and motors and | | | | yourself, and these are sold for about $40. |
| things. | | | | Solar power for homes is very flexible. To top it off, |
| Solar power saves not only money, but huge amounts | | | | ending up with some excess energy, which can |
| of carbon dioxide that get put into the air each year. | | | | happen, can be a good thing. With net metering, you're |
| As much as 120 tons over a 30 year period has been | | | | able to sell that extra power back to the utility |
| estimated. Green people love that fact, and so does | | | | company. It usually gets stored and used for days that |
| your government. They have given incentive money | | | | your solar power generates less than usual and then |
| for helping people to retrofit their homes for solar | | | | gets applied to that monthly bill. |
| power use. | | | | Solar power for homes comes in different types. |
| Professional installation can be a costly venture. It can | | | | Some of these are connected to your utility grid, while |
| range up into the thousands and really is discouraging | | | | others are not. The terms are 'grid-tied, or 'on-grid' |
| when someone is trying to get their costs down | | | | when connected; and 'off-grid' when not. When you're |
| already. However, there are guides out now that if | | | | connected to the grid, they share the work of |
| used in conjunction with the kits that are also available, | | | | supplying your energy. If you are not connected to |
| can provide a way to easily do your own installation. | | | | your grid, then they work independently of each other. |
| This can be accomplished for a low price of about | | | | |