SOLAR 101 – WHY GO SOLAR?

How Does Solar Work?

Solar Electric Systems Turn Sunlight Directly Into Electricity, Silently And Without Any Moving Parts. Its Like A Radio: There Are Radio Waves All Around You, For Free, But You Need A Receiver To Hear Them.

1. Sunlight Shines On The Solar Array, generating DC electricity
2. That Dc Electricity Is Converted Into Household 240v Ac Electricity By The Inverter
3. The Ac Electricity Is Fed Into Your Electric Meter And Circuit Breaker Panel, Literally Spinning Your Meter Backwards! The Electricity Either Goes To Your Appliances And Lights, Or To The Grid, Or Some To Each. This All Happens Automatically Every Day.

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Solar Incentives

The California Solar Initiative (CSI), Arizona’s Green Choice Program, And Others Offer Rebates That Pay A Significant Portion Of Your System Cost. This Helps Lower Your Cost To Go Solar And Increases Your Return On Investment, Which In Turn Helps To Delay Your Utility Company From Having To Build More ‘Dirty’ Power Plants. As With Any Government Program, Especially Where Money Is Involved, There Is A Bit Of Paperwork Involved, But Planet Solar Has Dedicated Staff That Does All This For You, So You Don’t Have To.

Solar Saves Money

• Solar Saves Money from Day One
• Solar Locks In Your Electric Costs - no more rate hikes!
• The Average System Saves More Than $150,000 Over Time
• Solar Increases the Value of Your Home

Environmental Health

Solar Is The Single Most Effective Step You Can Take To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint And Help Our Environment. Global Warming Is A Threat To Our Planet’s Health, And Solar Energy Is The Cure. We Have Already Installed Many Systems For Customers Who Plan On Charging Their Electric Cars With Solar. A Typical 4.0 Kw System Prevents More Than 5 Tons Of Co2 From Entering The Atmosphere – The Equivalent Of Planting Over An Acre Of Full_grown Trees Each Year! Powering All Of Your Lifestyle With Free And Perfectly Clean Energy From The Sun Is No Longer The Future - We Are Doing It Today, Every Day Of The Week.

Electrical Self-Reliance

We Have All The Energy We Need, Literally Falling From The Sky, Every Day, And It Will Never Run Out. It Is Estimated That If We Took A Small Part Of The Mojave Desert, Just 20 Miles by 20 Miles, And Built A Solar System, It Would Power The Entire United States. Electricity That Is Clean, Free, Forever, And We Would Never Have To Send US Dollars Abroad For Electricity Costs Again.

Currently Only 20% Of Electricity Generated In The US Actually Gets Used. The Rest Is Lost In Transmission Of Electricity From Where It Is Generated, To Your Home. Solar Electricity Is Energy Efficient, Generated At The Same Location The Power Is Used. You Use All Of The Electricity, And Any Extra You Make Gets Used By Your Neighbors Via The Grid. It’s The Perfect Solution To Solve Our Energy Problems For The 21st Century.

Solar is a Great Investment

A Solar System Is Probably The Best Investment Available In Today’s Economic Market. We Typically See Returns On Investment Over 20%, And Payback Periods From 5–8 Years, Depending On How Much Your Electrical Usage And Rate Is. Where Else Are You Getting ROI's Like That? If Your Bill Is Over $100 Per Month, It Is An Absolute No Brainer To Go Solar.