Like most of us… you’ve wondered about the reality of having a solar system on your house… I get questions about the mathmatics of solar solutions all the time. Recently, I came across a blog that provided a concise description of how a regular family went about their solar solution and why– visit it here .

They’ve got  lots of great math to back up their reasoning (this is based on they way the state of Virginia handles this type of system) and photos. I like the caption under the solar panels that notes that they are a beautiful blue in the sun. I feel the same way.

And this family is doing lots more to make their home sustainable that you might be interested in, including a cistern, solar hot water and more in well written blog entries for your education.

Closer to home, our residential system for the Burke’s rental house is really putting out some power. Last month this 2.8kW system put out 457 kWh… in April. In just under 12 months, this system has generated over 3800 kWh in power.  See it here.

For more information about what a solar solution might be like on your home, please call us at 252.491.2204 or email renewables@waldt.com.

Bridge just sent me an interesting article about Ray Kurzweil, a noted futurist, who has just applied his law of accelerating returns to solar technology.

He suggests that because of the acceleration of both the technology of solar and the coinciding drop in price of solar investment, that we could completely replace our use of fossil fuels in twenty years (and for those of you keeping track, that is four years sooner than the President’s State of the Union address mandated). See more about Mr. Kurzweil’s predictions here.

That doesn’t mean that you should wait to make your solar investment. Especially here in North Carolina, which should rightfully claim the title of “Sunshine State”. We see amazing output from our customer’s solar solutions. Take for example of client Jim Burke’s house in Nags Head. His 2.3 kW system is well on track for producing about 4.4 kWh, or offsetting around $400 per year. As energy costs increase his savings will increase.

Now is the time to invest in solar or other renewable energy system.

Before energy became a hot topic, no one cared about the electric meter.  It was the box on the house we all ignored except the guy from the utility who dodged the barking dogs to take a reading from it once in awhile.

See the full article here:

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2011/02/your-electric-meter-a-villain-or-hero