Solar panels have been making headlines recently because their adoption has increased massively in just a short time. Many homeowners felt inspired to have their solar panel system generate electricity at home. While it’s true that solar panel manufacturing is facing some backlash due to poor solar recycling, its benefits are undeniable for many homeowners, buildings, and businesses in the following areas.
Energy Efficiency
Solar panels can generate more than 200 kWh of energy – the national average energy consumption for most properties across the country. Factories and manufacturing plants consume beyond 200 kWh of energy, but they can minimize their coal energy consumption with solar panels. Doing this allows them to help the environment.
Grid Independence
Solar energy is nearly infinite; the sun can generate solar power for billions of years. Coal power is the biggest source of electricity for neighborhoods and businesses. Unfortunately, coal power generation is expensive and causes much environmental destruction. A one-time investment in solar technology can help you minimize your power generation costs and help the environment.
Customizable
Solar technologies are fully customizable. You can find various solar cell efficiency levels and styles. If you don’t like the look of solar panels, you can always use solar shingles from top-notch manufacturers, such as GAF’s Timberline Solar Shingle line.
Progressive
Solar panels and shingles are the clearest future of renewable energy. It has a nearly-infinite source of energy, making it a valuable technology for anyone, from homeowners to businesses worldwide.
Farms from the United Kingdom are seeing sense in using solar energy to power their tools and equipment. Here’s a quick read from the BBC about this situation.
A solar power firm has reported record demand from farms as the price of electricity has risen.
MyPower, based in the Cotswolds, has installed 27,000 panels in the past year, up from 7,000 in the previous 12 months.
Its managing director Ben Harrison said he believed energy price increases were behind the dramatic sales growth.
“Farms are facing rising electricity bills, and making your own power can help reduce that impact,” he said.
Adam Henson was their most recent customer.
He runs the Cotswold Farm Park and is known for his reports on BBC One’s Countryfile.
Mr Henson explained: “Dad started the farm park in 1971 and he farmed in a very environmentally-friendly way.
“So having solar is a step in the right direction towards a greener business.”
But in an energy crisis solar panels may also save cash, as well as carbon emissions.
The solar panels at Cotswold Farm Park will produce about 20% of the farm’s energy
Unlike domestic households, farms use a lot of power in the daytime for things like milking machines, dairy chillers, heaters to warm baby chicks and lighting in dark sheds.
They often have big sheds with rooftops that are easy to access and can easily support solar panels.
And while individual energy consumers are protected by the price cap on energy, businesses are not. (Continue reading here)
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