Solar Home
Submitted by: Johnathan Cunnings
Green is in. People nowadays are starting to be more concerned
about the environment and are getting more active with its
conservation. The signs of global warming are everywhere, and
people are starting to feel its adverse effects. One sure way of
combating global warming is by finding renewable sources of
clean energy. One of them is actually in plain sight, the sun.
With the high costs of the traditional way of generating power,
and the Earth’s dwindling sources of fossil fuels, people are
experiencing a steady increase in electricity bills per year.
Right now it’s at about $6,000 a year for the average American
home, who knows how much it will cost a few years from now. This
is probably the main reason why converting to a solar home is
becoming a viable option to either cut down or virtually
eliminate electricity bills.
The Benefits of Going Green
The benefits of converting to a solar home are many. For one,
people will not have to pay for electricity, if the conversion
was done properly. Another huge benefit is to the environment.
The less commercially generated electricity people use, the less
fossil fuel are burned. This in turn cuts down the awful
greenhouse gasses that are said to be the main cause of global
warming. And imagine this, having a house that is completely off
the power grid can also mean that a person doesn’t have to pay
for a full tank of gas ever again. The technology used by
electric cars have grown so far that it almost gives the same
mileage as a regular gas powered vehicle.
How to Convert your House into a Solar Home
Some might think that the logistics and the costs involved in
converting houses to use solar energy is too large to deal with.
That may be the case years ago, but not today. Solar technology
has developed to such an extent that costs can now be kept to a
minimum. The technology also isn’t as bulky as it was back then.
The equipment used now takes up only a fraction of the space
needed compared to some solar power setups a few years ago. To
start the conversion, here are the most important things that a
home owner needs.
Solar Panels. These basically are the power plants. They absorb
solar radiation and concert them to usable electricity. High
capacity batteries to be used to store electricity are also
needed, just in case the local weatherman forecasts three full
days of overcast skies. An inverter is also needed. This device
concerts the DC power that the solar power generates into AC
power that can be used by home appliances.
That’s basically it. The solar panels convert solar power into
useable electricity then the inverter converts that power so
that it can be used by the house. Excess power that is not used
is then stored into the batteries for a rainy day.
How Much Will the Conversion Cost?
It’s not cheap, but not so expensive that the average American
family will not be able to afford it. It has been shown that the
cost of setting up a house that can generate 6 kilowatts of
electricity can cost up to $48,000, this already includes an 8
kilowatt set up of backup batteries. Think about it, it will
only take a little over seven years for the system to pay for
itself, with the average yearly electricity bill of an average
household amounting to $6000.
The benefits of converting to a solar home truly outweigh the
costs and the labor involved. It’s not only the family who
benefits, but the whole world and everything that live in it
benefits as well. In a few years time, solar technology will
have evolved to become so highly efficient and affordable, it
will literally spell the end of fossil fuels as the world’s main
source of energy.
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