Occupy Rooftops with Solar Panels Instead of Wasted Space

Is there a wasted rooftop near you? Would it be better served as the site of solar panels to generate energy? Why not stage your own Occupy the Rooftop movement to help turn your community green?

Over in the U.S. and around the world, demonstrators are occupying cities, towns and locations in an effort to call attention to economic injustice. The movement has led others to think about "occupation" in an entirely different way. One meaning of "occupy" is to hold a space. Is your rooftop currently occupied - or is it just wasted space? Solar panels can turn that wasted space into a boon that benefits you, your wallet and your entire community.

Solar Panels - The Benefits

Solar panels generate clean, green energy. When you install solar PV panels on your rooftop, you can begin replacing the electricity that you're currently paying for with energy that's completely free. Depending on the efficiency of your new solar installation, you may find that your current energy bill drops to nothing - or that the electric company actually pays you for excess energy produced by your solar panels.

You get the benefit of lower energy costs to power your home. The planet benefits as well, because solar energy is non-pollution. Every kilowatt hour of energy you produce and consume from your solar panels is a kilowatt hour that doesn't have to be produced by a coal-fired or gas-powered power plant. In fact, every kwh of energy your solar panels produce reduces your CO2 output by about 1 pound. When you start adding up all the kilowatt hours used in a year, you can see that solar PV makes a very big difference in the carbon emitted into the atmosphere.

Are Solar Panels Logical for You?

Is your rooftop a good prospect for solar panels? There are a lot of factors to consider when deciding if solar panels are a logical fit for you. The first and most important factor is your rooftop.

In order to hold a solar panel installation, your roof should receive direct sunlight that is unobstructed by other structures or trees. It should have the correct pitch, which varies from location to location. The best way to determine if your roof is pitched at the best angle for solar panels is to contact a local company that installs solar panels and ask them for a consultation. Your roof should also be strong enough and in good enough repair to support the solar panels and mounting gear.

How Much Can You Benefit from Rooftop Solar Panels?

The exact amount of benefit depends on how much solar energy your solar installation generates. Because the UK government is determined to lower the use of carbon fuels as rapidly as possible, there are new laws that increase the amount of feed-in tariff you'll get for excess energy produced and make the feed-in tariff scheme permanent. When you choose a grid-connected solar installation, your system will automatically feed any energy you don't immediately use back into the grid so that it can be used by others. In return, the electric company will pay you for every kilowatt hour of energy your solar panels feed into the system.

Even if you don't produce more energy than you can immediately use, every kilowatt hour of electricity produced by your solar panels is a kilowatt hour of electricity that you don't have to pay for. Depending on the amount of energy your solar PV panels produce, you could recover the cost of your solar installation in a few years.

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