One objection you will hear to solar is that a site is too cloudy, too much snow falls in your area, it is foggy, or your weather just does not seem conducive to solar generated electricity. One must ask what country has the greatest amount of installed solar electricity. The answer is Germany which lies north of the United States and Japan.
Think of your home energy or electricity consumption as a bucket of water and the amount of solar radiation as the time they need to fill that bucket. It is easier to understand how to size a residential solar energy system to meet your home usage needs with this in mind.
Becoming knowledgeable in the electrical technical terms is an important step when considering purchasing or renting a solar energy system for your home. You should feel comfortable talking with solar industry experts about your home solar options. In this article, we will dive into understanding the language of residential solar electric systems.
This article provides a fundamental understanding of electricity terms needed to understand how solar photovoltaic (PV) technology works. It is not intended to not make you a solar energy expert. There will always be people with more information than you but that is a good thing. You can learn from them.
The new Electricity Feed-in (Renewable Energy Premium) Bill 2008, empowers the Canberrans to generate their own electricity, and get paid for it!
