Solar Energy

The time has never been better to explore energy alternatives for the outdoors. Take your first steps with Brunton , and marvel at what we can do for your outdoor adventures. Features: Brunton 15 Watt SolarFlat 15 Rigid Solar Panel Maximum output is 15 watts (15 Volts / 1000 mA) Amorphous solar cells allows high performance in low-light Ideal for charging 12 volt batteries in RVs, tractors, electric fences, wildlife feeders, cars, boats, ATVs, parked vehicles Weatherproof, maintenance free and easy to install Frame is made of durable ABS plastic Blue LED indicator light Reverse flow protection Adaptor cable, vehicle cable, 12 ft cable, and battery clamps are included Multiple like-units can be linked together for even more output Use up to five together with SolarController for perfect charge control One-year warranty Overall deminisons are 38″ x 13″ x 0.6″ Weight: 9 lbs.

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there are a few do it yourself build your own solasolar panels on-line ad’s saying you can do it for $200.00 and a trip to your hardware store… im wondering if this is true?? thanks

Solar water or electric? Water can be built cheap electric on the other hand cannot. For electric you not only need the panel but wiring, batteries, an inverter and new meter if you are to be hooked to the grid.

I live in Australia and Im wondering how much would it cost (in australian dollars) to have all my household energy come from a renewable source?

Hi Danrad. I’m also in Australia and do get 100% of my energy from renewable sources.

There’s basically two ways of doing it. The first is VERY easy but will never pay itself off, and the second is more expensive and involved to set up but will eventually save you money.

Okay, the first is to simply buy 100% green energy. Very easy, as all you need to do is to ring your energy provider and ask them to switch you over. Origin has probably got the best green energy. 100% renewable energy like this costs around 5c more per KW/h, and an ‘average’ Aussie home uses about 6,000KW/h per year, so it should cost something like $300 per year to be 100% renewable. Easy and cheap. But the catch is, you keep paying that money to stay 100% renewable.

There’s a lot more to Green energy than that too of course, like the politics involved (the government’s climate policy that was rejected last week would’ve pretty much killed off any environmental benefit of green energy…), so you’d want to look into it a bit more before signing up.

The second is by generating your own energy, and again there’s really two main types - Grid connected and off-grid supply.

A grid connect in effect trades energy to and from the grid to get the overall net 100%, and to generate 6,000KW/h per year you’d need to get something like a 4KW system which would cost about $45,000 without rebates (the best rebate we’re ever likely to see ended a couple of months ago, and the new rebate system is FAR inferior from both a financial and environmental perspective). With some rebates you’d get that down to around $38,000 or so. This will save an ‘average’ house about $1,000 per year, and with a Feed-in Tariff (assuming your State has one yet), you’ll earn about $1,500 per year with that, for a total annual benefit of something like $2,500. After 15 years the system will be paid off.

The bottom line for this system is that a grid-connect system should NOT be fitted to an ‘average’ house from a financial point of view. That house is MUCH better off spending money halving its consumption first and then spending $20k or so instead.

An off-grid system needs batteries instead of a grid connection, and will cost about $60,000 - $70,000 mainly because of the batteries needed. This sounds like a lot but is often far cheaper than getting powerlines into a farmhouse in a remote area. The used to be a $25,000 rebate available across Australia for this, but that’s only for WA now.

Hope that helps

Which types of renewable energy are being utilized in the US and which are in the "design" phase?

One type of renewable energy for cars is the hydrogen fuel cell. Hydrogen is all around us making it easy to get, plus as an added bonus it doesn’t emit any CO2 emissions. The only thing that comes out of the exhaust is water. Honda has released a hydrogen fuel cell car for lease. It’s called the Honda FCX Clarity. There are four problems that need to be overcome with this source of energy. One is to make hydrogen fuel pumps easily available. Two is to make the car travel more than two hundred miles before refueling. Third is to make the Hydrogen more safe to transport. Hydrogen is more combustional than gasoline. And forth is to make the hydrogen cost a less.

Hi I am wondering if anyone can help me. I want to know how to solar panel myself. I hear that you can make a solar panel yourself, but I don’t know where I can find something to teach me. So please, if anyone knows, how to solay panel diy?

I built my own solar panel using a how to kit and it is so wonderful. It took me about 5 hours all together. The best part about it is that I have saved a lot on my electrical bills (about 80%). Buying a solar panel is really expensive so I decided to get a kit, the how to solar panel kit that I got works really well so far (3 years), no problems. Here’s the site I used to get my kit to build my solar panel:

http://www.squidoo.com/solar-panel-make-your-own

Im stuck on this question for homework and i have looked really hard to try and find it but i still can’t. I need the answer to this question:
What impact does solar energy have on people, animals and the environment? Thankyou for helping

The sun’s energy, when converted through photovoltaic cells, has the positive impact of being a renewable energy source as contrasted to fossil fuels.
The sun’s energy, as a heat source, can be positively used to to warm water via solar hot water heaters or cook food via solar ovens.
The sun’s energy heats the ocean which results in the wind. The temperature of the oceans, impacted by the sun and the location of the earth relative to the sun, also moderate the earth’s temperature making existence on the earth bearable for us humans.
Negative impacts of solar energy could be when there is an excess of sun that leads to sunburns, or excessively hot cars (that you should not leave animals, humans, or ice cream in).
A negative of solar energy may also be in the negative impact the making of photovoltaic cells has on the environment because of the energy they consume use and chemicals they emit during the manufacturing process.

After the oil crisis of the 1970s, Congress authorized the creation of a government laboratory tasked with solving the puzzle of how to save energy using renewable resources. Three decades later, more than 1,100 scientists and engineers continue their search at the National renewable energy Laboratory in Colorado.

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