How Solar Can Improve Your Life

You may have heard that making the switch to solar is something that everyone should be doing right now, but are unsure how it could help your life that dramatically. After all, you have traditional energy and it works just fine, so why should you invest all this money into making the switch? Well, solar has a ton of benefits that can help to improve your life right now, and making the switch over to solar has never been cheaper or easier. Keep reading this blog to learn all the ways in which solar can start improving your life right now!

Helping the Environment Helps You

The release of the UN’s climate change report revealed that it’s even more serious than we thought, and if that if we don’t start acting right now, we might not be around to even see another turn of a century. Not only are the devastating effects of climate change knocking on our doors as we speak, but fossil fuels are also a nonrenewable energy, which means that when they run out, they’ll be gone for good. Solar is a renewable source of clean, green energy that will last as long as the sun does.

Solar Energy Will Increase the Value of Your Home

Have you ever thought about selling your home? If you install solar, you will increase the asking price by up to $15,000. You’ll want to get your return on investment first, so you should wait around seven to eight years before you do it, but after that, your solar system will still have a good 17-25 years on it, and you can tell that to potential homeowners. Letting them know the system runs, it’s already installed, and they’ll have a source of clean, renewable energy will instantly increase the value of your home.

Solar Systems Can Make You Money

When you switch to solar, you’ll have to decide if you want to be on-grid or off-grid. If you choose to be on-grid, you can make money through a system called “net metering.” This system allows you to sell any excess energy you generate right back to your utility company to lower the cost of your bills and even make you money.

Solar energy is silent.

When it comes to energy production, a frequent source of annoyance for many homeowners is how loud they are. Solar energy, on the other hand, is totally silent, as all it does is absorb light from the sun and transfer that to your home through an inverter. You won’t have to worry about it nosily ruining our movie as it runs at night.

Solar systems require very little maintenance.

Solar panels are such massive, intimidating machines that you may be concerned about the maintenance. However, they actually require next to no maintenance. There are only three things you’ll need to do: clean them down with a hose when they get dirty, make sure no new shady spots are showing up, and get an inspection from your solar company annually to ensure nothing is breaking down. If something does get damaged, your warranty will most likely cover it.

Click here to read our guide on keeping your panels clean all year long.

Solar systems work all day and all night.

Many people believe that if it’s cloudy, if it’s cold, or if it’s nighttime, solar wouldn’t work anymore. But that’s not true. On cloudy days, efficiency is reduced, but your panels still do their job. Cold has no impact on solar, as it absorbs sunlight, not heat. And your system generates energy all day in order to run at night.

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