“Who Else Wants to Build DIY Solar Panels?”

admin — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:00:24 +0000

If you’re interested in making DIY solar panels, this may be the most important place you discovered. Here’s why…

For every curiosity you have in your mind, there will almost certainly be a resource available to satisfy it.

Whether you want to build a solar panel by connecting individual photovoltaic (PV) cells or buy it retail… whether you are a do-it-yourself, homemade guy or a swear-by-a-brand person, we have mini-resources prepared for you.

Otherwise just write to us to request for it…and we’ll get it up just for you.

In the future, we’ll broaden our scope to include bits and pieces of other types of renewable energy generator like wind turbines.

For starters, you can browse the following pages to get up to speed with the DIY solar power world. Tell me what you think:

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How You Can Benefit from Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) with Electricity Generated by Your Solar Panels

admin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:00:11 +0000

With Feed-in Tarriffs (FiTs), you can get a regular cashflow coming into your bank account every month. This is one of the advantages of using solar panels to supplement your energy needs at home.

FiTs is a policy designed to encourage the use of (eligible) renewable energy generators like solar panels and wind turbines at home and on commercial buildings. Homeowners and business owners are paid a premium price for any renewable electricity they produce.

(This policy is also known as the Feed-in Law, Advanced Renewable Tariff or Renewable Energy Payments.)

Under this policy, different tariff rates are set for different types of renewable energy technology. The rates are partly determined by the cost of resource development. In simple terms, the rates you receive for electricity produced by solar, wind or geothermal energy differs.

Whatever the rate is at your area, it helps you to defray the initial cost of investment for your solar panels.

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Thus when calculating your expenses and recurring cost and returns for your solar panels installation, you must consider FiTs.

When you know your feed-in rates, you can also decide if you want to store your excess electricity in rechargeable batteries or feed them back to the grid.

As of recent years, feed-in laws have been exercised in more than sixty major countries. Some of them include: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, the Republic of Korea, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey and the United States. Many policy developments are also underway in China, India and Mongolia.

If China and India are able to implement this policy on an effective scale, it can surely improve the lives of many people by bringing investors to regions where electricity supply is inconsistent.

Feed-in tariff was implemented in the US in 1978. Two important policies were introduced — the National Energy Act (NEA) and the Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA). This was a response toward the energy crisis and concerns over air pollution. The enactment of PURPA led to significant amounts of solar energy generation in sunny states like Florida and Maine.

The effect of these laws helped to encourage energy conservation and the development of natural energy resources such as wind and solar power.

Many people have benefited from these policies. However, as you know, not every state in the US implements this policy in the same way. Adaptations are necessary according to regional needs and demands. So check your facts first before you spread out your solar panels to every inch of your roof.

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“Who Else Wants to Build DIY Solar Panels?”

How You Can Benefit from Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) with Electricity Generated by Your Solar Panels