I live in toronto canada where it snows a lot during the winter, would it even be worth it to buy solar panels? Would they get covered with snow if the were mounted on my roof and get ruined?
I plan on buying some when i purchase my own home.
Any info would be appreciated:) to size a system for your home. There is a link on the page to a world solar insolation map so you know how many sun hours you have per day on an avg. Should not take you more then a half hour to get a good idea of what it will cost you and which package system should work.
Good luck on going green and don%26#039;t let the Oil and Nuke people bring you down. They are just looseing money when you make your own power and their nuke power plant goes off line and not replaced.
Some one above said solar cost more.. That is not true. I don%26#039;t know about other countries but here the cost of living is about 3.5% per year so it is compounded each year. Then there is the rise in fuel cost which is 6.5% per year which will increase. But think about it you are buying 30 years of electric for 34000 dollars. If your electric bill was at current prices 100 dollars a month you would pay 36,000 dollars in 30 years. Now add in the 3.5% cost of living compounded each year for 30 years and the fuel increses . You will pay the public utilie 100,000 in that time frame
only after making your home efficient dose buying solar panels make sense. normally grid power is cheaper anyway because of the current high costs of photovoltaic cells they are normally for those that want to clear there conscience.
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The whole argument for these alternative energy sources is rubbish. I f you believe the propaganda you need your brain examining. Thumbs down at your pleasure. I could not care less.