With the cost of electricity continually rising and the more aware we are of creating sustainability, many of us are searching for ways to reduce our electricity bills. The main way to do this is to reduce the use of electrical appliances in the home, however many of us struggle to do so. So what else is there? A viable option is to buy solar panels so that you can produce your own electricity. If you are interested in buying Solar Systems Bonny Hills. Check our packages here.
Solar Panels work by converting sunlight to energy therefore producing electricity that is the same as what our home appliances use. The more direct and powerful the sunlight more energy is produced.
The benefits of having solar energy are easy to see; you could heat and cool your home for free. Many people limit the hours they run their heating and cooling appliances due the cost of electricity to run them. When you have solar energy you can heat and cool your home whenever you like without the fear of having a large electricity bill.
Solar energy is clean and has no detrimental affects to the environment, another benefit is that it's quiet and can often be placed on top of roofs and buildings out of the way where you forget there are even there.
Countries, including the United States and Australia, offer incentives to those who install solar systems to produce electricity, for example in the United States they effectively provides tax incentives. Some states in Australia offer a buy back scheme for energy that is put back into the grid, where panels have produced more energy than the home or building has used. If Australia is anything to go by, they had their state of NSW electricity prices increase 44% over a period of 3 years. With the continual rising cost of electricity such as this, has made the purchase and installation of solar panels and systems more attractive and lucrative for many.
Before buying solar panels there are a few things you need to consider. The most important thing to understanding and examine your electricity needs of a 12 month period, as our needs rise and fall with the seasons and use of air conditioners and heaters. You can do this by reviewing you past year's electricity bills and the amount of energy you have consumed or by listing all your major appliances in your home and working out what energy they will all use. This will give you an indication of how much energy you are using and how much you need to produce. It is important to understand this information as it will help you work out how many solar panels you will need to purchase as part of your system. Lots of people often put in hot water solar panel systems as hot water systems are often the largest consumer of electricity in homes.
There are many different types of panels available, such as Mono Crystalline, Poly Crystalline and Thin Film or Amorphous panels. Each having their own benefits and efficiencies, no matter which type you choose select one that can be added to another so you can build a system. Additionally select panels that will produce more energy than you are consuming, this will ensure you have enough energy to run all your home appliances.
Panels produce more when they are pointed directly at the sun, ensuring that no low hanging trees or other buildings are creating shadow over them that would limit the capacity of them capturing the sunlight. The most prominent hours for the sun are during 9.00am to 3.00pm as this is when the panels will receive the maximum sunlight.
If you want to further enhance your solar panels and their capacity to capture sunlight, additions such as a solar tracker can be purchased at an added expense. It works by tracking the sun during the day and moving the panels to follow the sunlight. As these trackers also run on electricity you need to ensure your solar panels will also cover the trackers energy needs.
As mentioned above there are many different types of panels available each having their own benefits and efficiencies, this also includes different lifetime warranties.
Investigate if the panels you are purchasing will provide you with benefits over time, based on the purchase price. As often the more expensive the panel the better efficiencies and longer lifetime warranties.
You can work this out by taking the figure you had earlier that gave you how much energy you need to produce over a 12 month period and then multiplying it by the lifetime warranty of the panels you are choosing. By doing this you will be able to see what the value of savings could or could not be and if you should move forward on the purchase. Many sites state strongly that they will only last 10 to 15 years, however over the past two years research has shown that some panels that have been tried and tested can last up to 25 years. Other sites have stated that solar panels last for an eternity, this is not the case as over the years they lose their output capacity to about 80% over a 25 year period.