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How to Choose a PV System That is Right for You
Monday, December 1st, 2008How to Choose a PV System That is Right for You
If you’re interested in a PV solar system, you’ll want to consider the following.
• Grid-tie or off grid? If you’re in a remote area, you may need an off-grid system. If power is locally available; however, a grid-tied system will be less expensive.
• Where should [...]
How Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Systems Work
Friday, November 28th, 2008Understanding Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Systems
Photovoltaic–or PV–systems use the light from the sun to make electricity. There are three ways this electrictiy can be incorporated into your home. Your home can be Grid-tied, grid-tied with battery back up, or off-grid.
Grid-Tied
With a grid-tied solar system, you can use power provided by your solar system and the local [...]
A Home Solar Energy Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 27th, 2008How do home solar energy advocates celebrate Thanksgiving?
We will work in our garden, bake a turkey, play with college kids home for the holiday, invite friends to celebrate with us, and call family who live far away.
While we enjoy family, friends, and good food, we are grateful to our Creator.
He gave us the sun, the [...]
Building a Solar Home to Lower Energy Bills
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008Lower Energy Bills — Build a Solar Home
All of us want to cut our energy bills. Some of us are retrofitting our homes to incorporate solar energy.
Others are building green, solar homes from the ground up.
Now with the new federal tax incentives it makes financial sense for retrofitters and builders alike.
The U.S. Green Building Council [...]
Zero Energy House Plans
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008Building a Solar Home
Going solar for us means retrofitting our existing home to use solar energy. However, the least expensive way to “go solar” is to build an energy efficient/solar home from the ground up.
If your interested in building a new home. I found these house plans. Check them out.
ZEH House Plans
Sustainable Future would like [...]
Affordable Residential Solar Energy by 2015
Monday, November 24th, 2008Affordable Residential Solar Energy by 2015
The U.S. Department of Energy predicts that solar energy will be financially attainable to the average American household by the year 2015.
Through the DOE’s Solar Energy Technologies Program (SETP), solar will be competitive with conventional energy sources.
The Independent Collegian reports on the SETP goals.
“In our program, we’ve been focusing primarily [...]
Residential Solar Energy and Oil Price Decline
Friday, November 14th, 2008Residential Solar Energy and Oil Price Decline
The push to incorporate renewable energy in our home was spurred on by the exorbitant summer energy prices. Solar energy moved from the dreaming stage to the action stage. Indeed, the higher oil prices made solar and other renewable energies more economically feasible.
Today, with the current credit climate and [...]
Solar Energy Research: Is TreeHugger.com a Credible Information Source?
Thursday, November 13th, 2008Solar Energy Research: Is TreeHugger.com a Credible Information Source?
This blog, Simple Home Solar Energy, documents our journey toward a home powered by energy from the sun. Eventually we want to generate all the energy our home requires. Making it economically practical is part of our goal.
Implementation of renewable energy being relatively new to everyday consumers, [...]
Bringing Solar Energy Home
Friday, November 7th, 2008Bringing Southwest Solar Energy Home
As posted earlier (October 31st) I mentioned that one of the problems of harvesting all that lovely American Southwest solar energy is transmission. There is no energy grid out there to carry harvested solar energy to population centers. To our homes, that is.
Things are looking brighter!
Oilman, T. Boone Pickens and others [...]
Will Solar Energy Prices Decline?
Thursday, November 6th, 2008Will Solar Energy Prices Decline for Home Solar Energy?
Those of us moving toward using solar energy for our homes gather around to see what solar prices will be in the coming year.
The Wall Street bailout—whether we agree with it our not—brought good news in the form of a promised 30% tax credit for solar purchases. [...]