Solar Panel Benefits
- Lock in the cost of electricity - avoid the rising costs of electric power from utility companies. Price increases have averaged 5% annually across the country, with some areas increasing at a much higher rate.
- Obtain tax credits and rebates - tax credits and rebates on solar power systems are available to home owners and businesses with New Jersey among the top states for financial benefits. Visit the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE) website at DSIREusa.org to find out more about tax credits and rebates from both the Federal and State levels.
- Sell power back to the utility - you can sell your excess power back into the grid through a process called “net metering” allowing you to take full advantage of the retail value of the power you produce.
- Generate clean power - power from the sun produces no pollution or emissions.
- Gain power independence - rely completely on your own generating capacity, and not on a utility company.
- Low maintenance - solar panels have no moving parts and are very low maintenance.
What is a solar electric or photovoltaic system?
Photovoltaic (PV) systems convert sunlight directly to electricity. They work any time the sun is shining, but more electricity is produced when the sunlight is more intense and strikes the PV modules directly (as when rays of sunlight are perpendicular to the PV modules). Unlike solar thermal systems for heating water, PV does not use the sun's heat to make electricity. Instead, electrons freed by the interaction of sunlight with semiconductor materials in PV cells are captured in an electric current.
PV allows you to produce electricity—without noise or air pollution—from a clean, renewable resource. A PV system never runs out of fuel, and it won’t increase U.S. oil imports. Many PV system components are manufactured right here in the United States. These characteristics could make PV technology the U.S. energy source of choice for the 21st century.
How do I get Started?
We utilize the services of an electrical engineer to analyze your electrical load and design a system to fit your home or business. With that information we can give you an estimate for the system as well as a cost benefit analysis that will show you how quickly the system will pay for itself and start making you money. Under the current programs available, many of our customers' systems will have paid for themselves in less than seven years!
After showing you the design benefits, we then facilitate the process of applications for connections and rebates from all applicable government agencies and utilities.
Learn more about “net metering” and many other facts about photovoltaic systems in this consumer guide produced by the Department of Energy, entitled: Get Your Power from the Sun.
(Click on the title above or on the image to view or download a copy.)