What Is All The Fuss About Using Solar Power As A Source Of Electricity?

With all of the discord spreading throughout a number of countries, most people are thinking that it would be preferred to plan to get themselves prepared for the nastiest possible outcome. Think about the first impulse that would come to mind if your home lost electricity in response to an bad weather incident? If you thought “crap, no power”, then obviously you're right on target.When one considers all the things that can come to pass in your daily life, the lack of electricity is what we immediately miss the most. Not water, food or sanitation hits us until after we have gone through our dread over the loss of power.Pinpoint for a moment how stable you could feel knowing that you will have your electrical needs met no matter what the situation. It could mean the difference between life and death, particularly during the winter months in colder climates.One of the great aspects of choosing solar energy as your alternative source of power is that you will have complete control of your energy bills. The larger the solar power system is, the lower your utility bill will be. Your system would obviously cost money to purchase and install, but once you recoup those costs (in as little as 10 years), you will enjoy actually making some money! Should you select to get off the grid entirely, you will begin to feel completely at ease, knowing your PV power system will supply you with all the necessary electricity your requirements might demand. This would cover you, no matter what the future might hold. There is another possibility to help reduce your initial costs; and that is, if you have the electrical aptitude, experience or willingness to learn the skills required, you can save thousands of dollars by handling the installation of your PV power system.  You can purchase your equipment, consisting of solar panels, power inverter, batteries, cable, etc. from a local solar products retailer/wholesaler, who will gladly assist you throughout the entire selection process.Should you decide to install a grid tie (on grid) solar you should seriously take advantage of the net metering laws. This type of system allows you to use the utility grid in place of the costly deep cycle batteries as backup power for cloudy days and during the night. The utility company will literally become your power storage unit!Then, in addition to all of the benefits listed so far, you can apply for the Federal Governments' 30% tax credit program. You end up receiving back 30% of your total costs!      Now, just the simple fact that you are using a renewable supply of energy, you are very much so helping to keep our skies clear and clean and furthering the cause to end the dependence on foreign oil.In all respects, no matter what your political persuasion, the more we use our Sun directly as our main energy source, the better we'll be.