What's Your Renewable Energy Potential?
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March 3, 2008
By Megan Phelps
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- FindSolar.com is affiliated with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE, the American Solar Energy Society and the Solar Electric Power Association. It’s a terrific one-stop resource for anyone considering a solar-electric system. To get started, just plug your location and average utility bills into the Solar Estimator, and it calculates the average cost of a solar-electric system based on the average solar resources in your area, your electricity usage, and any state and local rebates you may qualify for. If you like what you see, you can contact solar installers and distributors in the site’s directory for more information. Simple!
- The DOE’s Consumer Guide to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy can help you get familiar with the terminology and the basic issues you'll need to consider before installing solar panels. (For example, can your roof support photovoltaic panels? Does your state offer net metering?)
- If you’d like to learn more about the factors that can affect your home’s solar access, you can find much more information on evaluating your solar resources at BuilditSolar.com, which has an excellent page of DIY resources.