All About Solar Leasing
Though financial incentives and rebates such as EEMs exist to make a solar system purchase more affordable, many households and businesses still cannot make the investment. In addition, the promise of future financial savings still may not be enough to make buying a photovoltaic (PV) array possible for the average consumer.
Enter solar lease programs.
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Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPVs)
New technologies in photovoltaics (PVs) are making the appeal and application of these energy-generating devices less cumbersome and less unattractive than in years past. Today, solar cells can be made to be thin and even transparent, opening up a whole new world of possible installation options for those wishing to harness energy with their homes or commercial buildings.
Businesses Using Solar
Businesses around the world are benefiting both the environment and their bottom lines with solar panel installations. These renewable power systems reduce the company’s carbon footprint while cutting operating costs.
Developing Technologies in Solar
One of the major drawbacks to conventional photovoltaics (PV) and solar thermal heaters is their high initial cost, a major limiting factor to many in the west, and certainly a non-starter for those in developing countries. The major hurdle to overcome with traditional solar technology is the expense of using silicon. This inorganic material, which is also used in things like computer chips, is the main component that makes solar cells work. Unfortunately, mining and then processing it can be quite costly, and it’s not something that can be done by the average consumer at home, either.
Cost of Solar – Solar Thermal
How Much Does a Thermal System Cost?
Solar water heating or solar thermal systems usually consist of several components, including thermal collectors, a storage tank, and a system of tubes or pipes in a circulation loop. Together, these pieces work to collect and absorb the sun’s heat energy to warm water for home use, pools, spas, and radiant in-floor heating.
Cost of Solar – Solar Photovoltaics
How Much Does a PV System Cost?
Photovoltaics (PV), or solar panel systems, are made with a semiconductor material—usually crystalline silicon—which absorbs sunlight and converts it directly into energy. The cells are then connected together, often 40 at a time, into modules or panels, and those panels are then connected into arrays.
Why Solar? Types of Solar Thermal
Solar Thermal
Solar thermal is a blanket term for any technology that harnesses solar radiant energy for practical applications. Solar thermal applications can provide domestic hot water, space conditioning, or even electricity. In the US, solar thermal technology is used mainly to generate domestic hot water, although space conditioning applications have gained ground in recent years.
Why Solar? Types of Solar – Photovoltaic
Solar Photovoltaics
Sunlight can be converted into electricity using photovoltaics (PV), concentrating solar power (CSP), and various experimental technologies. PV has mainly been used to power small and medium-sized applications, from the calculator powered by a single solar cell to off-grid homes powered by a photovoltaic array.
Solar Power for Your Home
In today’s world of improving technology, we need to understand the source of energy that the sun is and learn how to use that energy more efficiently. Did you know that you can lower your monthly utility bills by reducing the amount of regular electricity that you use at home? When you install a solar power kit at home you will be reducing the amount of fossil fuels that are being used which in turn helps to protect the environment. read more…
Solving Global Warming
The Tipping Point
The time to put global warming solutions into place is now.We can’t wait any longer. Scientists say we need to turn the corner on global warming within 10 years to prevent very dangerous impacts from becoming inevitable. Each year that passes without tackling global warming head-on makes the problem more difficult and expensive to solve. read more…
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