Scottsdale Home Solar Panels: Are They Worth The Cost
If you were driving through a residential area of Scottsdale solar panels would not be a likely sight. Solar energy is a free and clean technology. Free in that you are getting energy from the sun. This energy is also renewable. Unfortunately, installing and maintaining panels is not cheap.
The idea of home solar panels is to capture the sun’s energy to feed electricity to your home. In other states that would be fantastic during the summer months, your electricity bill would be lower and you would be earning electricity credits from your utility company. Then when the winter hits and you need to crank up your heating system those credits come into play to balance out your winter bills.
Maybe I watch too many movies, but I associate Scottsdale with a scene showing an orange color terrain. The sun is beating down on cracked clay and a scorpion walking across the screen. Mind you I know this is probably not the case in most parts of Arizona but if it were then Scottsdale should be able to be powered by the sun forever. But the truth is home solar panels are not a common scene in Scottsdale.
Tax credits are being offered by the government to get people on board with green energy. However that is not enough incentive due to the high cost of the panels even with the credits. The normal household cannot come up with that kind of money in hopes of making it back over the years in lower electrical costs. The ones benefiting from this technology are the large companies.
There are different beliefs about these panels. They are not maintenance free as solar companies would have you believe. Also they tend to crack over time. Some say that they work better in cooler sunnier climates than in scorching hot ones.
Arizona’s utility company is getting on the band wagon. They are offering free solar panel installation to a small number of customers to entice other customers in the future. Renewable energy requirements are not being met and this project will help them meet their goals.
Learn more about solar panels. Stop by Terry Stafford’s site where you can find out all about california solar and what it can do for you.
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February 27, 2010 4:44 am
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