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Ontario’s Ambitious Green Policy
Ontario aims to phase out its coal power plants within five years according to the Canadian province’s new Green Energy Act. Canada is one of the highest carbon gas contributors among major economies.
Solar Power Installation in Oregon and Other Energy Efficiency Incentives
Home solar power installations in Oregon are eligible for incentives in accordance with state ordinances, and homeowners are also eligible for Residential Energy Tax Credits under special circumstances.
Solar Power Your Home
People have the notion that installing solar power arrays in their homes is expensive. But, due to the breakthroughs which have occurred in technology over recent years, there are inexpensive kits available in the market these days. Solar power can be advantageous for your home, in more ways than one. For less than $1,000 you [...]
Solar Shingles and Solar Roofs
Solar Shingles and the Solar Power Roof With the rapid advancement of solar power we are now seeing new products enter the market containing “integrated solar panels”. For example, solar shingles. What are Solar shingles? Essentially they are ordinary roof shingles which are made out of photovoltaic materials. They perform the same function as an [...]
How Do Residential Solar Electric Systems Work?
Solar electric systems, also called photovoltaic (PV) systems, convert sunlight into electricity. This is done using solar cells, the basic building blocks of PV systems. Solar cells are made out semiconductor materials, silicone being one of the most common semiconductor materials. When sunlight is absorbed by a semiconductor (as in a solar panel) the sunlight [...]
Home Solar Power
Solar Power for Homes For more information on how you can power your home, with your own solar power system and panels, for as little as $200, please visit Make Electricity Don’t Buy It.
Solar Power: Site Updates
I originally created this blog as a means to update my site visitors whenever I added new articles and information to my website on Solar Power. As the site address shows, the purpose of the website was originally to help shoppers find portable solar power devices and solar chargers. However, its scope has expanded beyond [...]
Install your own solar power system and save money
A video on installing your own solar power system to save money.
Save Money with Solar Power
One way to use solar power to save money is through the use of a practice called “Net Metering.” What is Net Metering? Net Metering is the practice of consumers “selling” energy to the electricity companies when they have some form of renewable energy facility installed at their home and a surplus is created. A [...]
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