Solar Panels: Go Off the Grid Now!
It’s everyone’s wish to not have to deal with electric companies; to be energy independent. Is it possible though? It all depends on where you live and how much time and money you can commit to your energy system.
It’s important to take into consideration where you live. What’s the climate like throughout the year? Is it sunny or cloudy for most of the year? This is important since solar panels need sunlight to generate electricity. If your climate is sunny overall, you also need batteries to store the electricity in order to have energy at night or on cloudy days.
This is the expensive part. In order to store enough electricity for a series of overcast days you’ll need to purchase and maintain large DC (direct current) batteries. You’ll also need a large enough space to store these batteries and to keep in mind that eventually you’ll need to replace them.
Aside from your solar panels and battery storage it’s a safe and smart idea to have a back up generator. A back up generator will last beyond your battery storage and can be useful for those long lasting days of cloudy weather. The generator will need fuel, which means extra storage space, and they usually user diesel fuel or gas. But in order to keep things environmentally friendly it’s a good idea to use bio-diesel. Getting off the grid is possible but expensive, complex and time consuming.
Another possibility is called “Net metering”. It might be available by your local utility company. Net metering is a way of decreasing your electricity bills while still having power at night or during a long stretch of overcast days. This way you use your solar panels for electricity during the day and the electricity company’s electricity at night and you save yourself from having to store batteries and generators. You won’t be 100% electricity independent but you will definitely save significant amounts money and energy.
Getting completely off the grid is possible if you have the right climate, space, time and money. However, if you live somewhere with little space a temperamental climate and you don’t have the time to devote to getting off grid then net metering is a better match for you.
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Nikolaos Gonos is 40 years old marketer born and grows up in Athens Greece.He was a business man for 17 years and decides to leave all that kind of life behind him and start from the beginning in to internet online marketing. Until now every stake that he makes became a winner. Visit his blogs at www.easy-home-made-energy-review.blogspot.com/and www.squidoo.com/easy-home-made-energy
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