Right now, your home is powered by the local utility — most likely a coal-fired power plant that burns fossil fuels, emitting carbon dioxide and air pollution. When you install solar panels on your roof, you transform your home from just another house into a “green” power plant, generating clean efficient energy for your home year round. Whether you’re powering up your computer, running your dishwasher or brewing a pot of coffee, the energy comes straight from the sun — not from burning fossil fuels.
The amount of energy generated from solar panels depends on the size of the system which is limited only by your available roof space and your budget. It’s possible to supply 100% of your home’s electricity from solar panels, but most solar homes are “hybrids”, with part of their electricity coming from panels and part from the utility grid. The larger the system, the more power it can produce. There are three factors in determining how much of your roof space is available for solar panels: orientation, shading and roof structure.
The higher quality the location, the more efficiently your solar panels can generate power. Location quality is determined by two things: the amount of shading on your roof, and the orientation (north, south, east, west) of your roof. South facing roofs with absolutely no shading issues are ideal.
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