How Solar Works

Solar Photovoltaic Panels create electricity from sunlight. This helps our environment. Photovoltaic cells turn sunlight into direct current electricity. An inverter converts the DC electricity into AC Alternating Electricity which is what our homes and businesses use.

When you have what's called a grid tied solar system and you are using less than what you are producing, the power your system generates turns your meter backwards giving you a credit with the electrical utility company. When you are using more power than your system is producing ( as in the night time ) you draw electricity from the main electrical power grid, running your meter forwards. If your system is designed to shed your entire yearly load, over the course of a year the electrical bill will be zero. If your system was designed to shed only the most costly portion of your electrical consumption, you pay for only the electricity which was over what your solar system produced. The utility company bills you annually.

Now Is the Time For Solar

The world is changing, we are becoming more in tune to what we are consuming. We are more in tune to what we are doing to our planet. Now is the time for renewable energy. Now is the time to stop our need for oil. We owe it to ourselves and to our children. The sun's energy is free to us. The sun's energy does not pollute our earth. Now is the time for renewable solar energy!

What Europe Is Doing With Solar

Unfortunately Europe is leaps and bounds ahead of the United States in the application of solar technology. Other countries such as Germany offer huge incentives for installing solar. We need to be forward thinking, looking forward to our future energy needs. Solar and wind electricity are some of the ways we can do this.