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Home Solar Systems – A Way to “Get off the Grid”
June 14th, 2009 | 
Author: Solar power is being considered by an increasingly large amount of homeowners each year as electricity costs continue to rise. In this unstable economy home energy companies will also be looking to increase their profits and are likely to remove or not renew energy cost caps, and increase their supply rates. Getting “off the grid” is a goal that many homeowners aspire towards, and one effective way to become energy independent is to install a solar power system on your house. Each homeowner’s situation and energy consumption varies and will determine the capacity your home solar power system will need, but switching could save you thousands of dollars in the ensuing decades.
Counting the Savings
Saving money on energy costs is possible. The cost of a home solar system is upfront as you install the system and never have to purchase power again. The $20,000 for installation may seem like a lot of money and quite a bit more than you would spend on energy for several years. Eventually though, the system will pay itself off, offset by rises in energy costs. Your government may offer an environmental tax credit, saving you even more money. When you include the incentives that lower the cost of installation of these environmentally friendly products, home solar power systems end up costing much less than their original price tag. Regardless of the capacity of your home solar system, you will start reaping the benefits in about ten years.
You can sell any electricity you don’t use back to the energy company. For the average household, most solar power systems won’t produce quite enough electricity to make this feasible, especially in the winter months when there is less sunlight (and less electricity is produced as a result). Homeowners have other options to maximize their savings even further. Newer types of insulation, better windows, and other upgrades can save thousands of dollars a year in energy costs. If you switch from incandescent light bulbs to fluorescent you could save hundreds more dollars in energy consumption costs.
”Getting off the grid” is often not cheap, and requires diligent changes in your life style, that will pay off in the long-run. In the coming years, it will become even cheaper and more efficient to make homes green. New methods not only mean that homes will consume less energy, but also that they may be able to provide their own energy. Adding a home solar power system to your home or business is one way to get on board with America’s drive to become less dependent on man-made sources of energy.
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