Solar Power Homes Blog » batteries http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog Generate Renewable Residential Solar and Wind Energy Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:50:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 When will solar and wind power be affordable to the average home owner? http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/when-will-solar-and-wind-power-be-affordable-to-the-average-home-owner/ http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/when-will-solar-and-wind-power-be-affordable-to-the-average-home-owner/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 14:26:03 +0000 Admin I have been doing some research on solar panel and wind turbine systems. The pricing is crazy. For a 10Kw solar grid tie kit system is between ,000 and ,000. If you install batteries add ,000-,000. 10Kw will only power a small to medium home without electric heat. Using my electric usage and info from my local electric company payback is 60 years for solar and 361 years for wind. This is unexceptionable. The manufactures of the solar and wind are gouging the consumers. They are using the excuse of supply and demand for the high cost. When demand goes up so will mass production and the price will go down. This is true, but they are making a huge profit on what they are making now. Some items are in the 3000% markup range. Are the power companies keeping the price up so their profits don’t suffer? My local electric supplier has an "ENERGY PARK" that you can go see solar and wind power in action and check out real time data online. They have a 4Kw solar array installed and claim it cost ,378 installed and a 2.5Kw wind turbine that cost about ,000 installed. I think they are giving false numbers to consumers so you won’t go green. I was able to find a 3.5Kw kit online for ,000. This doesn’t include any type of mounting materials. You can add 0-,200 for these materials. An installer will will charge you ,000-,000 to install it. For the sake of argument lets say this will cost you ,000 to install but still way out of line for you and me to install. That is a far cry from the ,000 the power company claims. The power companies don’t want you to make your own electric. They are keeping the cost high so they will still make money off you. A 210w panel sells for around 0. They probably manufacture it for under . The cost needs to be 0-0 to the consumer to make it affordable to the average home owner. 50 210w panels make a 10Kw system. That would be ,000 not ,000. The manufactures are raping us and the power companies are helping them to keep prices high. When will we get the technology at a proper cost? Let me know what you think.
In response to the first 5 answers, Yes, if demand increases so will mass production and thus supply will increase and this will drive the price down. I looked into panels from China. From what I was able to find panels sell for {content}.17-{content}.45 per watt. In the U.S. they sell for .00-.00 per watt. Manufactures in the U.S. have lobbied for a higher tariff on solar products that makes them impractical to import on mass. These companies want to keep the price high so their profits stay high, and the power companies do not want you to produce all your own power. That would put them out of business.
In response to Steve R, You need to do more research before you post another retarded comment like that. Air "DOES" have mass (just not very dense). When air is in motion it is called "WIND". This motion creates energy. Have you ever heard of a "tornado"? Get your facts together next time.


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]]> http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/when-will-solar-and-wind-power-be-affordable-to-the-average-home-owner/feed/ 9 Could mirrors reflecting and focusing sunlight be used to make steam to power electric generators? http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/could-mirrors-reflecting-and-focusing-sunlight-be-used-to-make-steam-to-power-electric-generators/ http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/could-mirrors-reflecting-and-focusing-sunlight-be-used-to-make-steam-to-power-electric-generators/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 16:36:42 +0000 Admin And could insulated water tanks be large enough to retain enough super heated water to generate steam to power the generators be used to act as a buffer so that through the night and on low light days electricty production would be steady without varible output allowing for steady production 24/7/365 if it was sited properly? Would this greatly lessen solar powers twin main faults of expense and inconsistency without the need to wait for cheaper batteries or new more affordible photovoltaic solar panels to be invented or built?


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]]> http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/could-mirrors-reflecting-and-focusing-sunlight-be-used-to-make-steam-to-power-electric-generators/feed/ 5 I want to power my new home I am building on solar power alone what will the cost be roughly? http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/i-want-to-power-my-new-home-i-am-building-on-solar-power-alone-what-will-the-cost-be-roughly/ http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/i-want-to-power-my-new-home-i-am-building-on-solar-power-alone-what-will-the-cost-be-roughly/#comments Sat, 15 May 2010 04:32:15 +0000 Admin I also want to stay off the electric grid . It would cost an additional ten thousand dollars to be hooked into it and I want to be independant from utilities. Would solar panels and batteries power lights and T.V , computer , washer dryer ect.


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]]> http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/i-want-to-power-my-new-home-i-am-building-on-solar-power-alone-what-will-the-cost-be-roughly/feed/ 3 please is there anyone using a solar home power system? http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/please-is-there-anyone-using-a-solar-home-power-system/ http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/please-is-there-anyone-using-a-solar-home-power-system/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 09:35:42 +0000 Admin please i need to know your combination of solar panels (with the wattage), inverters(how many and its rating), batteries(how many and there voltage) specically for like a 16KW load.Please i will like also to know there manufacturers for refrences.


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]]> http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/please-is-there-anyone-using-a-solar-home-power-system/feed/ 2 how do I wire solar power into my homes breaker panel? http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/how-do-i-wire-solar-power-into-my-homes-breaker-panel/ http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/how-do-i-wire-solar-power-into-my-homes-breaker-panel/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 09:17:59 +0000 Admin Hi, Have a solar power setup with panels, charge controller, batteries, inverter etc…

Now i just need to know how to wire it into my homes breaker panel. Can you please help?


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]]> http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/how-do-i-wire-solar-power-into-my-homes-breaker-panel/feed/ 6 solar power? http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/solar-power-2/ http://www.solarpowerforhomereports.com/blog/solar-power-2/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:52:45 +0000 Admin I want to make a solar power generator for ac use not dc use, how long will it last if iam running a total of 1600 watts ? I was planning on making one with 8 batteries.
thanks
any websites that explain this would be greatly appreciated.


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