December 21st, 2009
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Author: Coleen Smith
Thinking of going solar? More and more homeowners are doing it. We all know it’s good for the environment, but is it a good economic decision?
The difference, financially speaking, of installing a solar energy system for your home, is whether you pay now or later. To purchase a system and have it installed, you have to come up with the money now. You’ll save on your electric bill going forward, and eventually you’ll break even. After that, you just have free electricity, except for the occasional maintenance of your solar system.
The break-even time varies. You have to go through the process of estimating for your specific home. There are online tools that will help you determine how big a system you’ll need, how much it will cost and how much electricity it will generate. Be sure to factor in the incentives available.
» Read more: Solar Panels For Electricity
September 22nd, 2009
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the SolarCost Admin
September 9th, 2009
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Solar efficiency – we refer to the electric solar panels -is known to be inferior to the wind turbines efficiency. Solar panels actually are divided into two categories: Solar Heating or Solar Thermal Panels and Electric Solar Panels. Solar Heating Panels have far better efficiency compared to the Electric Solar Panels.
Lab researchers claimed they have improved the solar efficiency recently. While the improvement may not look convincing to us actually it still means a lot. Professor Martin Green and his colleague Anita Ho-Baillie, two scientists at the University of South Wales in Sydney, Australia are said to led a team of U.S. researchers to victory with a multi-cell combination that is able to convert 43 percent of sunlight into electricity. The previous record was 42.7 percent. » Read more: Solar Efficiency
September 2nd, 2009
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If you think you can’t afford having your own home solar panels because of the expensive solar cost then you have to read The New York Times article published on August 26, 2009 by Kate Galbraith. Here’s the headline: More Sun for Less: Solar Panels Drop in Price. Does it mean something to you?
The cost of solar panels is known to contribute around 50% to the total electric solar system cost. With that said you can make a great saving if the price of the electric solar panels is chopped down by 40% as described by the analysts at the investment bank Piper Jaffray: “For solar shoppers these days, the price is right. Panel prices have fallen about 40 percent since the middle of last year, driven down partly by an increase in the supply of a crucial ingredient for panels”. » Read more: Solar Cost Is Going Cheaper!
August 25th, 2009
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Many people have been looking into installing solar panels in order to combat the increasing energy costs, however when most of these people see the prices of the professionally installed panels they soon realize it may not be a luxury they can afford. Actually there is an easier and more cost efficient way to collect and utilize the sun’s power and that is to learn how to make solar panels for your self. Do-it-yourself solar power project can be very challenging and interesting for some people because not only they can learn easily how to make their own home solar system but also they can have the system at a very reasonable price. » Read more: Do It Yourself Solar Power
August 22nd, 2009
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Hi folks! I was really occupied by my other project so I couldn’t post here since my last blog on July 24. Now that one month has been already spent without much progress I decided to give this blog a total new look. I’ll be here again on 24 or 25 Aug for the next post, meanwhile I have similar ‘face lift’ project pending on my other blogs. Thank you for your patience and we will meet again next week. Wishing you the best!
Proudly Green 
the SolarCost admin
July 24th, 2009
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One of the largest solar power generators in the world is the SEGS (Solar Energy Generating Systems) which are located in the Mojave Desert of California. Consisting of nine huge solar power plants their total installed capacity is 354 MW. Around 90% of the electricity output is generated by the sunlight and natural gas is used only when the sunlight is insufficient to meet the power demand. » Read more: The CSP Solar Power Plants
July 17th, 2009
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Solar shingles are photovoltaic cells with a conventional look of asphalt shingles. The latest development of solar shingles technology results in thin film solar cells that match the size and flexibility of conventional shingles. They are getting more people’s attention because of their almost invisible appearance. If you’d like to give them a try please be sure that you are aware of these points below. » Read more: Solar Shingles
July 10th, 2009
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Sun energy can be used directly to cook your meals. Solar oven, a.k.a. solar cooker works in countries with sunny and dry season. The closer you are living to the equator the better it will work. Unlike the solar heating panels solar ovens need no high technology to manufacture so they are not expensive and enable a lot of people to use them. » Read more: Solar Oven
July 4th, 2009
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The electricity generated from your home solar panels can be stored either in car batteries or solar batteries. Storing electricity is just a normal charging process and as long as the charger’s DC voltage meets the batteries charging requirement the batteries will be charged without any problems. » Read more: Deep Cycle Battery vs. Starter Battery
