| Having read our free newsletters and done all | | | | effective they are in reducing your electricity |
| your research, you're still not sure! You will be | | | | costs. Maybe they even eliminate your electricity |
| asking yourself can I do it? | | | | costs altogether. |
| Will it work? | | | | Solar panels not only add to the value of your |
| What if I muck up? - You won't! If you're an | | | | home, they could well make it easier or quicker to |
| average handyman with a few tools you CAN do | | | | sell. |
| it! | | | | Tax Breaks |
| Here are a few other factors you might want to | | | | In many countries tax breaks or credits are |
| consider. Food for thought as we call it! | | | | available for those who install sustainable energy |
| DIY solar panels has never been easier to build | | | | electricity generation equipment. In the USA, the |
| and install in your own home. We've done the | | | | government and IRS have issued tax breaks or |
| research and can recommend three inexpensive | | | | credits for DIY home solar panels for years as an |
| sources of instructions and videos which make a | | | | incentive to reduce bulk energy consumption and |
| DIY solar panel a straight forward, low risk | | | | focus people on sustainable energy sources. No |
| undertaking. Take a look at our free newsletters - | | | | doubt these incentives will increase as the need to |
| the website details are below. There is NO catch | | | | move away from carbon intensive forms of |
| or obligation. | | | | electricity generation increase. |
| We know you can save on your electricity costs | | | | Selling Back to Your Utility |
| with a few solar panels on your roof. | | | | See the article I have written on ways your Utility |
| But there are several ways you will save money | | | | Company can assist you by buying any surplus |
| by making your own solar panels. | | | | electricity you generate back from you. The |
| Saving on power bills. | | | | article is titled 'Selling Back to Your Utility |
| Power bills - the average American home | | | | Company' and is available on this website. |
| consumes around 950 Kwh each month and the | | | | The way it works is the government reimburses |
| cost per Kwh range from about 7 cents to 16.5 | | | | your Utility Company as an incentive for it to buy |
| cents. The average is around 11.5 cents. Typical | | | | surplus solar panel generated electricity from you |
| electricity bills are around $125 - $200. | | | | because it is cheaper for them to do so than |
| It is easy to see therefore that if you can get | | | | continuing to develop new power generation |
| your solar panels, batteries and inverter at the | | | | facilities. With electricity demand in the USA and |
| right price the payback can be very quick. | | | | worldwide growing at over 2% per year outside |
| But, if you pay $3,000 per panel you have a long | | | | of India and China, that's a lot of new electricity |
| period to achieve payback. | | | | generation. |
| Increase Your Home Value | | | | We hope these points help you in your decision to |
| DIY home solar electricity generation is an | | | | build your own solar panels. It will help your |
| attractive resale proposition and can significantly | | | | pocket AND help the Planet. And that is very |
| add to the value of your home. Any perspective | | | | much worth doing. |
| purchaser will be attracted to the panels already | | | | Thank you for reading this article. |
| being in place and you can demonstrate how | | | | |