Friday, May 13, 2011

Solar Panel Benefits

There are numerous solar panel benefits available to any property owner interested in going solar.

Although renewable energy—including solar power—accounts for less that 5% of electricity production in the US, it may easily become the most important energy source of the future. This is because of the many solar panel benefits:

• Solar power is a renewable resource. This means that we are not in danger of depleting its reserves. Though it may disappear behind clouds momentarily and is unavailable at night, it generally returns in full force, putting your solar panels to work producing energy.

• Solar power is non-polluting. Unlike oil, solar power usage does not emit any greenhouse gases, nor does the acquisition of it harm ecosystems through spills or dredging. This is probably one of the primary advantages of solar power.

• Preserve finite natural resources and reduce dependence on non-renewable foreign fuel sources

• Sunlight does not have to be explored, mined, extracted, transported, combusted, transmitted, or imported

Read about more solar panel benefits.