The Future of Renewable Solar Energy

The increasing  public interest in renewable solar enery for homes , added to the ever increasing price  of fossil fuels being used in the commercial electric power is making your home energy cost sky rocket , means  that now we  all would like to be able to benefit  from an enlightened approach illustrated  by a city in California .

San Francisco and the greater Bay Area have created  a way forward to encourage  the improved  use of renewable solar energy not only  for large  business, offices , sports arenas , factories  but also for ordinary  home  owner. The availability  of loans to house  owners has been made much simpler and will greatly boost  the use of solar panels for renewable solar energy systems throughout the whole city .

The loans backed by the city, are made available for all home  owners that covers the expenditure  of installing  a renewable energy  unit  to their home , which previously had been the single biggest barrier for home owners. The city allows  the repayments through larger  property taxes The loans rise  from a min.  of five thousand dollars to a maximum  of fifty thousand dollars or ten percent  of the properties  value, whatever is the lesser . These loans are attached to the property not the owner and when or if the property is re-sold  the balance of the outstanding loans transfer  with it, repayments can be scheduled for a repayment period of up to 20  years.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful  if other cities  could be swayed  to follow this lead  and make renewable solar energy for homes the best way forward.

Until that happens  the rest of us who want to have renewable solar energy  maybe in the form of homemade solar panels either for environmental  reasons , or simply to lower  our electrcity bills, should take a look at some of the great DIY  solar energy kits that are available from the internet . The best of these kits  will help you design a system suited to your exact  requirements and needs, all the wiring diagrams and list all the parts  you will need , step by step installation manuals and videos, so that you can see exactly what a ‘thingamabob’ is , what it looks like and how to fit it properly. As long as you a practical person you need no specific skills or knowledge to consruct  your own complete system .

The purchase price  of a retail system for your home  will be as high as $24,000 (taking the latest average)! You canbuild your own for a small percentage of that price .

The benefits  on completion arewonderful , you will have a greatly  lowered or even a zero cost electricity bill, and at times when you energy requirements  are low you can sell your excess capacity back to the utility  company, how sweet  is that. The Government will also make a payment to your coffers by giving you Alternative Energy Rebates for your system once it is working .

At the startext   of this article we made reference  to the growing  public demand  in the installation of renewable solar energy systems, home solar power  is a great Green Business Opportunities for any local entrepreneur.

Taking the knowledge gained through the kits, manuals and videos and the experience from the planning and installation of your own system you can build systems for others, and help make solar power for homes the way forward.


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Jul 29th, 2010 | Posted in Solar Energy
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