Here are some factors that affect how solar-friendly your roof is: Does your roof face south? In North America, south-facing roofs get the most direct sunlight. If the front of your house faces south and you don’t want panels visible from the street, you may be out of luck =(…
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Yes. This depends on how much roof space you have available, how much power you use, and how much sunlight you get throughout the year. But most homes in North America have enough roof space to provide the entire home’s energy supply. It can be cheaper and easier to get…
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Someone in the Czech Republic recently stole a railroad bridge, so you can assume that someone, somewhere, is stealing solar panels. But in over a decade in this business, we’ve never actually heard from anyone who had theirs swiped. Solar systems themselves are expensive, but the modules are only part…
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It should stay where it is. Technically, you could remove the modules and even the hardware, but that’s a lot of work. A large portion of the cost of a solar system is the engineering, design, and installation, and you can’t take those with you. It’s better to sell the…
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Solar system cost is fairly consistent across markets, and consistently getting lower with time. That said, there are a number of variables that drive the cost of a commercial or residential rooftop solar system: What is your roof made of? Is your roof easy to get to? Does your roof…
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