Why Aren't People Flocking to Solar Energy Generation?

The world must realize that electricity is more expensive than our city works to switch from unsustainable to sustainable sources of electricity generation has woken up.

There is a wide range of methods of production of sustainable energy - from nuclear to wind, solar, sea or water movement, and many others.

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Did you know that very little satisfaction from the world's energy needs through solar technology. Electricity produced in the worldSolar energy represents less than 0.01% of total energy requirements. Yet the demand for sustainable energy production is growing at almost 25% annually over the last ten years.

Compare that with fossil fuels demand, which grows only 0-2% per year.

Why are not people flocking to the production of solar energy?
We think they are. The greatest inhibitor of the assembly of solar panels on the roof is in fact the cost to make. Or, more importantly - the amortization period.If you can not recover the cost of installing solar panels in the first 12 to 18 months or less as we think it should be to build solar panels. It will definitely save money and reduce the payback period.

The decision is a simple five-step way.

First step: How much energy do you need?
Get your latest electricity bill. It is recommended that in the last 2-3 years even fluctuations in demand.

Including a table with the currentUse for each month of registration kilowatt hours (kwh) of service each month. If you have separate hot water dispensing records, too.

How much power do you have per year? What is the maximum amount was used in each year? What was the percentage increase per year?

If you want to install solar energy the amount of electricity you need is the amount used in heavy use months of this year. Then increase the average increase over the past two years.This is the maximum you need.

Step Two: Where / how your electricity consumption?
In light of the preparation of your solar energy needs, you need to understand where this energy is consumed. Count how many devices you have all the time, how many watts they use in the operation and not for the use of property for you constantly use.

Look at the labels on your devices. This will help you understand where your usage is going and why? It 'alsoIdentify areas or equipment where you can save money through better use of the devices.

On your device, you can see the power that each device used. A washing machine is creating its own hot water, for example, may 2000 watts. This is 2 per kilowatt hour.

To calculate the cost of energy for this unit, you multiply the number of kilowatts for the price of one kWh of electricity bills. It 'also very useful if there are two modes of operation of a deviceto record both - ie a washing machine heating its own water and when cold water is used, or air conditioning set to heating mode and also to cooling.

Third Step: Think about where you can save electricity!
We suggest the sensible approach is to identify areas where energy savings might be made AND test your savings are realistic, practical and can be sustained over a period.

For example, your television. If you turn it off with the remote it is still using around 20 watts. Even though you're not using it your TV is actually wasting energy.

And, your computer. The computer and monitor use around 180 watts when they are on. Computers are certified by Energy Saver, which means they require the same energy to be turned on as during their regular use. So, if you're not using it your computer turn it off).

Fourth Step: Buying your solar panel technology!
We are strongly of the view that building your own solar panels is a very cost effective solution.
The starting point for either buying solar panels or making your own is how much electricity do you need and therefore, how many panels you will need.

If you have followed through this article, you will have a pretty good idea how many kwh you are likely to need.
Solar panels are rated from 1 watt to 300+ watts. Most solar panels up to 135 watts are 12 volts direct current (12vdc). Most solar panels over 135 watts are 21 to 40 vdc.

The watt rating is the amount of power (amps x volts) the panel will produce in full sunlight at 77 degrees F or 25 degrees C. This is the industry standard for all photovoltaic panel ratings. However, it is the "best case" scenario.

In most locations there are about 4 hours of peak sunlight per day when your solar panel will be operating at peak efficiency. But your panels will operate 24 hours per day using all forms of light including the stars, street lights, and heavy cloud conditions. As a year round average we reduce the performance of a solar panel by 10-15% of its maximum wattage rating.

The real number you are interested in is the watts per dollar you are paying. By building your own solar panels you can get the price per panel down to 0 - 300. You don't need to be technically inclined and the information packages now available are brilliant.

You can build a 120 watt solar panel yourself for say 0.00. That's $ 0.50 per watt of power.

Being practical you need to reduce the 120 watts by say 15% to 102 watts. That's .42per watt.

If you buy a 120 watt solar panel from the Internet you will pay something like ,100 for a ready to install unit. That's .30 per watt when you reduce the efficiency by 15%.

If we use the house to the right as an example six solar panels producing 720 Watts of power per second (during peak sunlight times) would cost about 00 and would be more than enough for their power supply.

There are about 4 hours of peak sunlight per day, but don't let that fool you. Solar panels still continue working even at night soaking up minute amounts of energy from starlight (or if you're in the city from the constant glow of street lights), even in the winter, whenever. (There is a lot of people out there who believe that solar panels cease working completely at night.)

Step Five: How much solar energy do I need?
The sun's energy varies from place to place across the globe and is very dependent on weather conditions. We can expect to generate 1.2KW/m2 per hour or 4095 BTU of electricity in full midday sunlight. (1 kWh = 3412.3 BTU)

Let's say your roof surface area sloping towards the south in the northern hemisphere and towards the north in the southern hemisphere, is 500 sq ft or 48m2. Typically the solar energy available over one year on one square meter of roof is 1500KWH.

So, using the figures above we could expect to generate 48 x 1500 = 72,000 kwh or 245,566,000 BTU. That's 197kwh per day on average If, like us you use an average 30 kwh per day total electricity consumption you would need 75 sq ft or 7.5m2 of solar panel.

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Why Aren't People Flocking to Solar Energy Generation?