Friday, April 22, 2011

Solar Energy - Get Solar Panels and Become Your Own Energy Provider!




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>



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Government Technology

Energy Ecosystem of the Future Hinges on Many Sources
Government Technology
If we covered that with solar panels with just 15 percent efficiency, we'd produce three times more electricity than this country uses on an annual basis, and it's almost enough to power the entire world,” said Scott Brusaw, co-founder of Solar ...

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'We should do something for the environment'
The Daily News of Newburyport
You get to utilize what you've invested in." While geothermal remains "more abstract" for people who may not quite understand it — and is more costly since a well must be dug in the ground — solar panels are becoming more commonplace, Kuder says. ...




CNET

'Solar group buy' program launched in California
MiamiHerald.com
The result: His 3-kilowatt solar panel system cost $11000 - about $4000 less than when he had priced it individually three years ago. Hoping to accelerate the adoption of solar energy by a wider audience, the city of San Jose, together with the Bay ...
Voros: Feds betting $3.7 billion on Oakland solar firmsSan Jose Mercury News
Intersolar North America 2011 Sets Solar StageSacramento Bee
'Solar group buy' program launched in CaliforniaPhysOrg.com

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Echo Park Businesses Make Earth Day Every Day
Patch.com
With a relatively new business, Belloir can not yet afford to install solar panels or other energy-saving technology, but he hopes such things soon become the norm. “My faith is that that the market will evolve in such a way that green will move from a ...

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Salon

Interactive Earth Day site asks us to slow down, find "What Is Missing"
Salon
I watch the network entirely devoted to all things green, from Ed Begley Jr. installing solar panels and a rain barrel to Emeril teaching the clueless how to cook entire meals using only the vegetable section of Whole Foods. I've seen "Food, ...

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