Have you considered residential solar panels for your home? If you’re like most homeowners, you are probably put off by the relatively high retail cost of solar panels. Now, however, you can get residential solar panels for free! Don’t believe me? Just go into your local big box home improvement retailer. Increasingly, stores like Home [...]
For property owners that enjoy DIY projects, choose among a variety of solar panel kits for eco-friendly homeowners. Many people believe that residential solar panels are too expensive and difficult to install. However, these solar panel kits include everything you need to start generating clean, free solar power: panels, brackets, inverter and charge controllers. With [...]
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We’ve written a number of posts on residential solar panels to help homeowners deciding whether to go solar. Among the top cited concerns is the cost of solar, whether you purchase an array, or go with a solar panel lease. Now, you can try out solar power with an affordable, easy to install solar panel [...]
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If you have or are installing residential solar panels, you may also want to also have a smart meter. These devices track the amount of energy that you use from the grid (i.e., non solar electricity), as well as excess solar power you have generated that you do not use, which is fed back into [...]
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Among the most cited reasons that homeowners are wary of installing solar panels on their rooftops are their appearance. Traditional photovoltaic (PV) solar panels are large, rectangular, blue-colored devices that some say decrease home values (one of the main complaints of homeowners associations that prohibit or restrict solar arrays). While the claim of lowered home [...]
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Many homeowners who are considering – or want to consider – installing solar panels are concerned most about the upfront cost of such a project. Fortunately, there are many ways you can save money on solar panels today. You don’t have to pay full retail price, or even put money down in some cases. Here’s [...]
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Solar panels on low-income housing provide a win-win for residents and other people in the local economy. Here in the Central Oregon region in which I live, $900,000 in federal stimulus funds is helping fund solar power systems for several low-income housing apartment complexes. The Energy Trust of Oregon is also committing funds toward the [...]
For homeowners considering installing solar panels, there are 5 things you should know about residential solar. As more and more people decide to switch to renewable energy options like solar power, keep these considerations in mind: 1. You may be eligible for group solar discounts. Before you enter into a contract to install home solar [...]
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The cost of residential solar panels is dropping – still – which is great news for homeowners looking to go solar. The effect of falling solar prices is that the number of solar power installations are predicted to grow by over 15% per year. Overall, the cost of solar panels has fallen almost 20% as [...]
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For people that want to switch to solar power, the cost is probably one of the biggest hurdles to cross. Purchasing a solar panel array is expensive, and then you also have to worry about maintenance. However, if you have wondered if you should lease solar panels, that might be your answer. Leasing solar panels [...]
