Solar Panels: Why They Are Useful

by solarpowerfemale | January 22, 2009 at 01:31 pm
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Maybe it is appropriate to switch to a residential solar panels. Solar radiations are used by solar panels to transform it into energy and heat.

Exist two types of solar panels: Solar photovoltaic and solar thermal, while the first produce electricity, the latter use solar energy to heat water for health and household use.

The solar thermal panels are not intended to replace traditional boilers or gas that would normally use in our homes.

Using solar thermal will not meet the risk of being without hot water, but their purpose is to support the existing media with the added advantage related economic costs of gas.

It 's 100% proven that installing solar hot water panels reduce the actual cost of heating water.

Thanks to some scientific studies, has been calculated that you may reduce the costs of the regional natural gas consumption of about 8 million cubic meters and 80 GWh in use of electricity.

With photovoltaic systems, you can gain (or at least reduce the payback period of You investment) through the production of energy. You can resell the energy produced by your photovoltaic system to an utility company.

In practice, even with a small photovoltaic system, You may gain more than 1,000 $ a year, while in 7-8 years you can repay the cost of photovoltaic (estimating tax credits and nearly a 15.000 $ PV system).

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jayskew

Craig Overmiller of Texas Solar Power helps Georgia Solar Power install solar panels in Lowndes County, Georgia: the first installation in this county since the 1970s, as near as I can tell. Yes, they're my panels, and I like them.

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rivers daddy

Just what i do for a living, for my hobby,for my passion, my son,and the earth.

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Uwe Paschen

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barkingjohn

This was spotted at the new eco-friendly residential/commercial development in Västra Hamnen, Malmo.
The solar panels (for hot water I believe) were the main feature of the facade.

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solarpowerfemale

Wow Thanks for the pictures!!!

What's Your favourite solar panel type?

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kenny grigar

Kyocera modules and unisolar modules are my favorite. 

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