Thursday, April 14, 2011

Solar Electricity - DIY Solar Electricity - Build Your Own Solar Panels to Generate DIY Electricity !




www.SolarEnergyGuide.net - Don't Buy Solar Panels For Sale - Here's a Better Solution For Solar Power Each month, as people receive their electric bill, many contemplate turning to solar panels to reduce this utility cost. Some people are literally paying over half the amount of their house payment to the electric company. Solar panels are an investment in your home that you should definitely consider, but when you look at the cost of solar panels for sale, you may think you can't afford it. There is a better solution for solar power. How to Build Your Own Solar Panel A typical solar panel installed on your home will average in cost between $7-$9 a watt. That means that one solar panel that produces 100 watts of electricity will run you about $700-900! While solar panels for sale are around $4-$6 per watt, installation brings that price up quite quickly. It just makes good financial sense to build your own. Anyone who is rather handy and motivated can do it. The cost is about $200 and you can control the size of the panel so it fits where you have the space. Your first step should be a detailed, yet easy to understand, manual. Don't get the first one you come across. Do a little research and if you can find one with videos, that's even better. The building supplies are next and you may be surprised to find most of them at your local hardware store plywood, a roll of copper wire, and sheets of glass. The solar panel cells, also called photovoltaic cells, can be found at a <b>...</b>



In the News:




Google invests US$168 million in world's largest solar power tower plant
Gizmag
I and 2650 other residents of Lincoln contributed monthly, as part of our electric bill, to the building of those turbines. I now wish I hadn't. The "salt battery" technology was worked out during the research on Solar Power Tower I and II over 20 ...

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Los Angeles Times

The California Greenout
Human Events
It's always fun to watch liberals use their solar panels to set straw men on fire. There's no energetic movement to make America more dependent on foreign oil. We want to develop our own energy resources. This is all about picking a government-created ...
Energy Department Offers $1.187 Billion Conditional Commitment for Loan ...Sacramento Bee

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Tosa Green Summit Looks At Long-Term Solutions
Patch.com
By Natalie Wysong | Email the author | 4:37pm Paying to install solar panels on the roof of your home to cut your future energy bills is a matter of choice. Having enough exposure to the sun to make it worthwhile is not. But imagine you could admire ...




Farm hails solar power 'success'
BBC News
It has installed 39 solar panels on the barn, is introducing solar irrigation and is building an electric tractor. A farming union said more funding was needed to tackle "high start-up costs" of using such technology. Organic vegetable farmer Peter ...

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CNET

Solar concentrator graces university rooftop
CNET
The university will pay a fixed price for energy from the collectors under a 10-year lease and then own them afterward. The components were manufactured in nearby San Jose. "The [collector] is visually stunning, is ideal for commercial-scale solar ...

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