Why Doesn T Everyone Use Solar Panels

Solar energy used to be a backyard hobby.

Why doesn t everyone use solar panels.

The roof space required for a 2kw system is 8m x 1 7m or 4m x 3 4m each panel is approximately 1 7m tall by 1m wide. There s nothing about solar power that pollutes mother nature. But because of the following i m just not ready yet. In the example at the left a utility customer pays.

Hence it s safe and environmentally friendly. I agree that rooftop solar is generally a good thing for a whole lot of reasons. If renewable energy can power entire countries why isn t everyone doing it. The way solar for free works is that the installer gets paid back for their work from the savings and or sale of the output of the solar panels.

Solar power doesn t release any greenhouse gasses and except for needing a source of clean water to function it uses absolutely no other resources. If the home owner doesn t have a high enough tax liability third party ownership of the installation can also take advantage. Because of high costs the emerging technology was a pipe dream for most but as the green movement gained traction and the price decreased solar has. People automatically assume sunshine abundant states like florida and california are better for generating solar energy than states with less than perfect weather.

This month we ve talked all about how to use solar energy but we haven t talked about why. So needless to say i wanted to install solar panels. Don t install solar power if your roof isn t big enough. A country getting all its electricity from a combination of wind solar and hydro sounds like science fiction.

But while i don t have the option for solar panels at least until the hoa wakes up and changes its policy many of you out there do. Typically the smallest system we sell is a 2kw system with 8 panels. Yet people are still in doubt why solar energy is good. Well you re in luck.

One of the biggest myths about solar energy is that you need to live somewhere that s always sunny for it to work. 5 reasons why i don t have solar panels on my roof yet.