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Guest Author: Daniel Stouffer


can homeowner has the option to produce their own renewable energy from the sun and keep the energy savings every month. Homeowners who follow the steps and complete the requirements have a good chance of getting a residential solar energy system installed on their home on a rental basis.

To be Evaluated for a Home Power System: * Be the mortgage holder of a residential home, * collect two years of energy bills from your utility, * have a south facing roof line or good exposure to the sun, * complete a site inspection to determine location feasibility, and * have ability to wait about a year for your solar installation.

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shaneo95 asked:


How do solar panels actually work when they install them do they install plugs with them i went to use them the heat a cage but its just a standard plug and arnt the solar panel pluggs like little small things

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Guest Author: Joe Young


Affordable Solar Energy

The cost of obtaining solar energy is decreasing. The cost of solar energy systems and the cost of solar energy panels is more reachable than ever before. Essentially, the cost of solar energy panels is less in price and produce more electricity. This is only natural to occur seeing the trend of technology. Things such as the cost of installing solar energy starts off expensive and then gradually drops. The cost of solar wind generators can be found for less than $800.00, while an the cost of an entire solar energy system can be purchased for less than $12,000.00.

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Globyy asked:


I’m looking to generate the highest amount of power possible from a single solar panel, which panel would be up to the task of doing this? Price is no object so let me know if you find anything!!

Thanks!

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Guest Author: Abhishek Agarwal


The idea of solar energy started over 100 years ago, but the technology hasn’t been as great as it is until today. With companies finding new ways to use renewable energy resources, solar energy is going to be more important. Solar energy is one of the best renewable energy sources because it is so abundant. We’ll never have a sun drought, we’ll never have to wait for the sun to pick up nor will we have to drill into earth like with many of the other renewable energy resources. However, to use solar power, we need solar panels. Solar panels are important because without them the idea of solar energy would be useless.

Solar panels work in two different ways. First there are solar cells that convert light energy into electricity. This is a little on the expensive side, which doesn’t make it as popular as the way energy is used now. However, they are found on a number of products. Space shuttles and satellites use them. Parts of these are covered in solar panels. These objects have the space for all the panels it would need. Another way to use solar panels is by using the heat from the sun. The solar panel attracts the heat and heats up a liquid with a low boiling point. This liquid is transferred to water where steam is used in a generator. This process is simple, cheap and effective.

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jim192837 asked:


Solar Panels should face west or south. Facing a solar panel south makes sense since we’re in the Northern Hemisphere. Why west though? Is it because the air in the west is warmer (having been warmed by more daylight) and therefore absorbs less sunlight, letting more energy get to the solar panel???

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boygenis asked:


I am planing to put solar panels to help lift some strain off the alternator and thus helping gas milage.

I know solar panel’s contribution would be a fraction to what alternator does but it might show in the long run. also it will keep the battery charged longer.

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Guest Author: John Mahoney


The worldwide awareness and campaigning on the threat of environmental imbalance and polluted energy resources has made public opinion in favour of safe and clean environment . The corporate and industrial sector is not averse to cause of environmental safety. This is reflected from the new technologies for alternative use of energy resources. Solar energy is fast catching up as a most viable option of alternative energy owing to its non-polluting and inexhaustible nature. Solar panel is a wonder-tool in this concern which is unleashing a silent revolution which is visible in various spectrum and colours.

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Greywolf asked:


I’ve found some $50-80 solar panels for 15 watts of power used to keep ATV or boat batteries charged. Will these panels be able to be used to power my on-at-dusk light bulbs or will I have to buy other adaptive equipment?

This would be my first solar panel purchase and I’m wanting to be able to add panels as I can and as I learn how to use them effectively.

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Guest Author: Dave Joa


Solar powered lights operate according to a very simple principle. They take the light from the sun and convert the energy it contains into electricity which is used to charge a battery. When it gets dark a light sensitive switch causes the solar light to come on. The light is powered by the electricity stored in the battery and will continue to be illuminated until all the charge in the battery is used.

This is simple in concept but the technology required to make this happen is not so simple and only recently has it become possible to produce solar lights that are small, efficient and cheap enough to be affordable by most consumers. Each light or set of lights will have a very small solar panel to catch the rays of the sun. The solar cells in the solar panel use the photovoltaic effect to convert the light they receive into electricity. Special electronics then uses this electricity to charge the battery, which is usually part of the solar panel or light unit.

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