How to turn over home to solar power?
Image by Richard Masoner / Cyclelicious
This is my parents’ home in Aomori Prefecture at the far northern tip of Honshu, Japan. During daylight hours, the photovoltaic panels provide enough electricity to run the home and feed energy back into the grid, which does net metering. The wind turbine mounted on the pole to the right provides a few additional watts of power for the home. Water and house heat is provided primarily by solar water heaters and an on-demand propane heater. My dad has purchased additional PV panels since this photo was taken.
Question by hibicent: How to turn over home to solar power?
I need to know what is entailed and what company to contact in order to turn over home power to solar power. Serious answers only please!
Can you help? Leave your own answer in the comments!
5 Responses to How to turn over home to solar power?
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20,000 to 30,000 $ ‘s should get you started.
vladoviking
June 30, 2011 at 5:42 am
Are you taking your home off the grid?
If so you will need approximately $ 30,000 worth of batteries and electrical equipment to store the energy and convert it to household current.
The most common solar panel is a 3000 watt peak system. Cost of the system installed is about $ 20,000 to $ 25,000.
Typical daily electrical production of that system is 10 to 12 kilowatt hours per day, which is not much electricity.
Determine your daily electrical use from your past utility bills and that will tell you the size of the system that you need.
I recommend that you have a licensed electrician install your system to meet building code requirements.
Total cost of your system will be approximately $ 60,000 to $ 100,000 depending on the size system that you need and labor costs in your area.
betty
June 30, 2011 at 6:21 am
First of all, start saving your money. When you get $ 50,000-100,000, then you might consider contacting a company. In the mean time, you might start to realize that there is no easy way out of the situation we are all in.
I.H.N.
June 30, 2011 at 6:44 am
Call your power company first. Ask them about connecting your solar panels to the power grid. That way you can sell them the extra electricity during the day, and still have power at night. In my opinion, you should buy as many solar panels as you can afford and are willing to put on your property.
water_skipper
June 30, 2011 at 7:15 am
Just read this “how to” page. It tells you how to size a solar electric system grid tie or grid tie with battery backup. There is also how to information on an off grid system.
http://www.oynot.com/solar-info.html
If you want to find out how much money a solar electric system will save you over the years check out this page.
http://www.oynot.com/how-solar.html
Remember to ask questions.
Don K
June 30, 2011 at 7:35 am