How much electricity can i generate using solar panels or other renewable energy sources for my home?
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Check the solar panel ratings.
you can generate electricity more than that/
and you have to use solar panel capacity according to that.
its not just about the generation of the electric you also have to be able to store what you wouldnt use and regenerate that back in to your home also ,solar panels and draft exclusion etc all contribute to energy saving but there is a web site you can research it all on
http://www.energysavingstrust.co.uk/...
You need to be careful here. I have seen solar panels and windmills advertised recently where the payback period, at the quoted power rating, is far longer than the projected life of the product. On that basis, your electricity would cost a lot more than getting it from the mains.
I will be interested when the capital cost of the panels or whatever makes it economically viable.
The other point is that electricity can be generated more efficiently centrally than you can in your own house, so we should perhaps be putting our efforts into persuading the power companies to use more renewable sources.
1 sq mt of surface could generate 1 kw of electricity / per sec. its not the generation that is the sticking point but the storage, when the sun don't shine the panels power generation is reduced, night time is when most domestic power is used but no sun.
It depends on how many panels you use. You can generate as much power as you want it all depends on how much you spend. Check out the website below in their Learning Center I always find them helpful when looking to buy solar products.
You can produce useful amounts of electricity using solar panels, but they are expensive to buy and install. They produce DC at relatively low voltages, but that is OK because batteries for storage also work at relatively low voltages typically 12 - 24 volts. To get the electricity to your mains circuit you need an inverter, which converts low voltage DC to 220 volts AC. Even a high capacity inverter will not give you much more than 3 KW so you have to be careful about how much current you try to run off one.
You are looking at a big investment in equipment to set up a home energy plant. This includes all the circuitry, as well as inverters, batteries, and power sources such as photo-voltaic cells, and wind turbines. You wouldn't get much change out of £5000, which represents a lot of electricity bills paid off.
I hear that the Government is planning a subsidised solar panel scheme for householders using combined solar electric and solar heating panels. That might be worth waiting for. Ultimately, if everyone had home energy plants, using renewable sources, the components would be dramatically cheaper to buy, and carbon emissions would be greatly reduced along with your energy bills.
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