Comments on: How come new houses aren’t built with solar panels? http://www.diysolarpower4home.com/how-come-new-houses-arent-built-with-solar-panels/ DIY Solar and Wind Power Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:37:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: cruises from baltimore http://www.diysolarpower4home.com/how-come-new-houses-arent-built-with-solar-panels/#comment-3968 cruises from baltimore Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:23:49 +0000 http://www.diysolarpower4home.com/?p=454#comment-3968 Wow! This blog looks exactly like my old one! It's on a entirely different subject but it has pretty much the same page layout and design. Great choice of colors! Wow! This blog looks exactly like my old one! It’s on a entirely different subject but it has pretty much the same page layout and design. Great choice of colors!

]]> By: grizzbr1 http://www.diysolarpower4home.com/how-come-new-houses-arent-built-with-solar-panels/#comment-619 grizzbr1 Wed, 13 May 2009 01:35:49 +0000 http://www.diysolarpower4home.com/?p=454#comment-619 The problem with solar panels is the same problem with all alternative, home based energy supplies. Since you need a stable energy supply even when the sun doesn't shine, there is an additional VERY large expense for energy storage (the batteries and DC/AC inverter cost more than the solar panels). The only alternative is becoming part of a load following energy network. With more energy supply companies being pressured by govt to put in smart meters (you get paid for the excess energy you produce and supply to the grid) it might become less expensive and more popular in the near future. New technologies are being developed all the time. There is even a company in Michegan (I think its in Michegan, if I recall correctly) that has developed solar roofing shingles. A professor at U of Toronto is developing a solar paint (that would help add some mpg to hybrids if it works well). Lots of eco-products are coming onto the market. Write to your representitive and tell him you are willing to pay the increased cost of being green and maybe it will happen faster. Keep your fingers crossed and open your checkbook. Until you are willing to do that you will have to be patient. The problem with solar panels is the same problem with all alternative, home based energy supplies. Since you need a stable energy supply even when the sun doesn’t shine, there is an additional VERY large expense for energy storage (the batteries and DC/AC inverter cost more than the solar panels). The only alternative is becoming part of a load following energy network.

With more energy supply companies being pressured by govt to put in smart meters (you get paid for the excess energy you produce and supply to the grid) it might become less expensive and more popular in the near future.

New technologies are being developed all the time. There is even a company in Michegan (I think its in Michegan, if I recall correctly) that has developed solar roofing shingles. A professor at U of Toronto is developing a solar paint (that would help add some mpg to hybrids if it works well). Lots of eco-products are coming onto the market.

Write to your representitive and tell him you are willing to pay the increased cost of being green and maybe it will happen faster.

Keep your fingers crossed and open your checkbook. Until you are willing to do that you will have to be patient.

]]> By: Benji http://www.diysolarpower4home.com/how-come-new-houses-arent-built-with-solar-panels/#comment-618 Benji Sun, 10 May 2009 17:12:00 +0000 http://www.diysolarpower4home.com/?p=454#comment-618 People who say that solar panels are not cheap are ignoring the fact that they would in fact be cheap if everyone used them. I'm not an Al Gore fan, but I've been a fan of the environment since before he was in politics. People who say that solar panels are not cheap are ignoring the fact that they would in fact be cheap if everyone used them.

I’m not an Al Gore fan, but I’ve been a fan of the environment since before he was in politics.

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