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Off grid solar power systems
Off-Grid solar electric power systems are independent from utility supplied power lines, as opposed to gridtied solar systems. Off-grid systems may be powered by solar panels, wind turbines, gas generators, hydro-power or a combination of these. Because there are no moving parts in solar panels and because of excellent financial incentives for using solar, solar off-grid is the most popular of the above off-grid power systems.
Off-grid solar offers independence in several ways. In some areas, because of heavy use of electrical appliances during extreme hot or cold weather, power outages are frequent. Off-grid power means that your lights stay on when the grid goes down. Likewise, in areas that are hard hit by storms or hurricanes that take the power lines down, a small off-grid power system gives a realiable source or energy for essential appliances like radios, refrigeration, or lights. A whole house off grid system will keep your house running normally even though the rest of the city may be without electricity.
Off-grid solar power gives a kind of financial freedom also. Once paid for, the system will produce electricity, for free, for the life of the home. As you look at what your real costs after retirement will be, wouldn't it be great to have your electric bill covered? Especially in the current economy, where we cannot rely on gains in stock or real estate investments to cover retirement costs, putting money now into an off-grid solar electric system will give you a zero energy bill for the rest of your life.
Benefits of Off-Grid over Gridtie
Off-grid solar power gives a kind of financial freedom also. Once paid for, the system will produce electricity, for free, for the life of the home. As you look at what your real costs after retirement will be, wouldn't it be great to have your electric bill covered? Especially in the current economy, where we cannot rely on gains in stock or real estate investments to cover retirement costs, putting money now into an off-grid solar electric system will give you a zero energy bill for the rest of your life.
Off-grid solar offers big savings in home building costs because it allows you to purchase undeveloped land, or land that the utility company is not serving already. Costs for pulling electricity in to a rural area can be enormous, so the value of the land is low. See one family's off grid solar living story on building a solar home off-grid 20 miles from Taos, New Mexico.
