This is a great question, and a complicated one. Trees reduce carbon in the atmosphere by building plant tissue out of it and locking the carbon away. Unfortunately this is only temporary, when the tree dies and is burned or rots, the carbon is released back into the atmosphere. Solar panels reduce carbon in the …
No, but it will reduce the use of natural gas. The output of nuclear power stations is not adjustable. They are always running at the same rate. If there is excess power from solar, they will throttle back the gas generation plants first.
Not directly but if we were to factor in the energy it took to make the panel in all the different phases of the manufacturing process, it has been estimated that solar energy releases 25 to 32 g/kWh. This compares favorably to coal which releases 960g/kWh or even clean burning natural gas which releases 590g/kWh. …
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With current production methods a solar panel will take 3 years to generate the power that it takes to produce it. With the average lifespan of a solar panel being between 30 and 40 years we would estimate that a solar panel will generate at least 10 times the energy that it takes to produce …
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They probably will be. Sorry, we can’t help with that. You will be the greenest on the block, even greener than that guy with his Prius.
Yes and we believe this is going to happen with the majority of microFIT systems under versions 3 and 4 rates. Once hydro rates exceed the microFIT rate than there would be no reason not to do this.
Net-metering – This is the most popular program this year. This option will give you a lower initial return on investment but over the life of the system it will give you a much higher ROI than any other option. Net-metering is much faster to get approved and much less restrictive than MicroFIT Grid-interactive Net …
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