| How feasible is it to convert your home to solar | | | | to accommodate more panels at a later date, can |
| power? Over 200,000 homes are now run | | | | become expensive. By building your own panels |
| entirely on solar energy and that number is on the | | | | you are able to customize your system for a |
| rise. The challenge comes in trying to convert a | | | | fraction of the price of buying it and you are able |
| home that is presently dependent on grid power | | | | to build your panels as the need and as your |
| to only operating on solar energy. Until recently | | | | budget allows. |
| that meant that you would have to spend a lot | | | | Storing Your Energy In The Grid |
| of money in order to install all the panels and have | | | | With the introduction of Net Metering by various |
| a battery bank to store your electricity. This is no | | | | utility companies, you can now store your energy |
| longer the case. You can build panels for yourself | | | | in the grid. By integrating your energy production |
| and store your excess electricity in the national | | | | into the grid system you can build credits during |
| grid with the permission of your utility company. | | | | times of high energy production and low energy |
| How Do You Do This? | | | | consumption, to use at a later stage of the day. |
| The first step is understanding that if you buy | | | | This means that you can run your electricity |
| your panels, you are most likely going to have to | | | | meter backwards, creating a credit. Net metering |
| buy them all together. The complication comes in | | | | saves you the hassle of having to have your own |
| when wanting to buy them gradually in that they | | | | energy storage system in the form of a battery |
| are usually sold in set amounts and customizing | | | | bank and keeps the entire system much simpler |
| your purchase to include a large enough inverter | | | | and easier to maintain. |