Will solar power change my gas bill or just the electric bill? Adding solar PV to your structure typically will not lower your natural gas bill, just your electric bill. You do have the opportunity while sizing the solar PV system to make changes that will lower the gas bill. If you know that your [...]
ARE Solar, along with Tres Birds Workshop (www.tresbirds.com) and Lumos Solar (www.lumossolar.com) have been featured in the latest issue of Net Zero Buildings Magazine. See the link below to check out the write-up. http://issuu.com/constructionbusinessmedia/docs/1509_nzb/29?e=6596036%2F30295990 We always love working with designers and architects to help them make their visions on paper come alive in the real [...]
Much like many things in solar, there's a wide variance from one item to the next. It's also important to note that there are many components in addition to the panels that are needed for a properly functioning system (Inverter, Racking, Hardware, Permits, etc). That being said, a typical solar PV panel is about 3.5 [...]
To decode which of the hundreds of solar panels is the best a few questions must first be answered about what one is trying to achieve. The simple answer is that the best warranty, the highest efficiency, and best performing solar PV panel is the SunPower panel, followed closely by the LG panels. That being [...]
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The cost of a solar PV system varies based on the size of the installed system, roof or ground mount variables, local jurisdiction requirements and a variety of other variables but as a rule of thumb if one assumes $3.00/kilowatt of production or an average home needing 7kW (7,000w) system would cost $21,000. The average [...]
Ownership of a solar PV system is actually very simple. A customer signs a contract with a solar integrator, a system is designed specific for the location desired, the install occurs within a month or two (at least with ARE it does!) and the customer pays in full for the cost of the system. (Payment [...]
The best way for any professional solar PV designer to custom design the right system for a customer is for the you to provide the historic electric consumption for the structure they wish to add solar PV. In this way, a system can be sized appropriately to meet the assumed future demand based on historical [...]
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Thin film solar power is an alternate technology for turning the sun’s photons into electricity as opposed to the original method using silicon crystal based solar cells. The thin film panels offer some advantages over silicon cells but at this stage of their development they are not as efficient yet nor less expensive so there [...]
