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Our Love Affair with the Sun
Humanity
has forever had a love affair with the Sun. We love basking in It, we
love all that It provides but more importantly, we owe our survival
to It. Every hour of the day our Sun provides us with more energy
than it would take to provide all our power demands for a whole year,
world-wide. For many of us, our love affair with the Sun is enhanced
by a fascination with the possibility of using some of all that
clean, safe, secure and renewable solar energy to replace the
environmenta
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20th Oct 2014
Why Don’t More People Use Solar Energy?
It saves money. It saves the
environment. It is less expensive and more well-known today than it
was a decade ago. So the only question is why. Why don’t more people utilize the
wonderful and life-changing innovation known as solar energy in their
homes and businesses? Because the truth is, although more people are
starting to switch to solar energy, the number of people who use it
compared to the number who still use conventional sources of energy
is still surprisingly low – considering
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20th Oct 2014
Solar Panels: Their Many Uses
There are just so many different
options when it comes to solar panels. In this post you will learn
about the myriad of ways that they can be used to help you save money
while saving the environment. Solar Panels can be used to provide
energy for both commercial and residential properties. Solar panels
offer a wonderful solution for everything from a small business to a
large factory. People living far away from human
development are helped greatly by the wonders that solar energy can
br
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19th Oct 2014
Energy Efficiency First
These days,
going solar is a no-brainer. Costs are at an all-time low and getting
lower and utility companies and state and local governments are
offering subsidies to drive down these already low costs to sometimes
as much as fifty-percent. On top of this, most states have enacted
net metering laws that enable consumers to actually sell the excess
electricity generated from their solar panels back to the grid. But
if you really want to capitalize on solar, I’m here to tell you to
invest
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19th Oct 2014
Calculating the Return on Your Solar Investment
Investing
in a solar photovoltaic (PV) system can seem out of reach for many
homeowners – it’s no wonder when most residential solar PV
systems have a ten thousand dollar (or higher) price tag. But once
you get over the sticker shock, the reality is that these upfront
costs are only part of the equation. To truly know if solar PV is a
good investment for you, you have to examine the return on investment
(ROI). In other words, how quickly will your solar PV system pay for
itself and actua
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19th Oct 2014