Solar Power Systems Can They Be Profitable and Practical?
By: A.Noton
Submitted: 2011-08-02 09:28:23 | Word Count: 522
Solar power systems are in the news these days because of the going green mentality. Also, there is ongoing debate about dependence on foreign oil. But solar power is a complicated issue and if it was easy to use solar energy to power our homes, our neighborhoods, our cities, our states, our country, and then we would already be doing so.
Solar energy is a simple idea, but is still not as practical or profitable as the electrical turbine based power grid system we now use as our energy supply source.
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It would seem simple enough since the sun produces all the energy needed for everyone and everything in the world to survive to use the sun to power our television.
Some have built solar power grids for their house to power their TV, and their coffee maker, their microwave oven, and even the lights in their home.
Their system has solar panels on their roofs that collect sun rays that heat copper tubing which produces electrical energy that is converted into electrical current and channeled through twelve volt batteries and condensers which then provide power.
The system has to be still connected to a traditional power grid because it has to be recharged three or four times a year because solar power can be stored but to make sure the system does not fail due to improper storage capacity it needs to be recharged.
This system saves the homeowner money on his electric bill, but the system will cost up to a thousand dollars to install yourself and will cost more if you pay someone to install it for you so you have to take that initial pay out into consideration. But this type of ingenuity is what drives new ideas and new inventions.
Up until recently solar power has been a novel idea, a creative means for university students to research a class project. But now energy is in the news as the effects it has on our environment.
Whatever your opinion about environmental issues like global warming you have to agree that burning oil and coal and sending smoke up into the air is just not good for the air we all breathe. Now is the time we all give solar power a serious look. We need to develop the technology that will, at least in part, make this a cleaner world to live.
Solar energy at this time can power your TV, microwave oven, and coffee maker. But solar power cannot be used to run your clothes washer, dryer, or refrigerator. Technology is not available yet to run these larger appliances.
But if we are to go forward with solar power systems that can power all of our homes and our communities then it has to be profitable and practical. Right now, solar power can run your small appliances but it cannot run your clothes washer or dryer, or your refrigerator. And there is not enough profit for business to develop new technology to make solar power common place in every home. But times are changing and perhaps is a few years solar power will be the standard.
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Highland Solar is Canada's source for high quality solar panels, providing solar panel installation and solar panel systems to ensure effective and environmentally produced energy. http://www.highlandsolar.ca
