subject: Are Solar Power or Solar Energy the Best and Enough for Your Home Energy Needs? [print this page] Are Solar Power or Solar Energy the Best and Enough for Your Home Energy Needs?
Electricity and other power resources have always been expensive and even unaffordable; they upset and spoil the budget to a great extent. So, you always want to find such power sources which could be cheap yet fulfill your home energy needs and requirements. Solar power, alternatively called photo voltaic power, is one such power source for you, which is cheap yet could meet all the energy requirements of your home. But, like all other power sources, it has some advantages as well as some limitations.
If you want to use it to meet the energy needs of your home. There could be great advantages for using it as a power source for home. The major one is that, if you install it as a long term power supply for your home, it would cost much less as compared to other power sources. The major cost is spent on installing the system, and least charges are required for maintenance. Less cost doesn't mean that it is not reliable or durable. The great fact is that, its not only cheap but, guarantees reliability and durability. This is the only power source, that is best in fuel terms, because it provides free and unlimited energy and fuel and that too for free. Moreover, as you want to get this system for home, you don't have to worry about getting your home polluted with it, because it doesn't produce any pollution at all, instead it would play an important role to keep the community or environment healthy and green.
If you use it for home then there are some disadvantages associated with the solar power as well as this power source totally relies on sunlight. So, weather changes and sunlight availability could affect the system working to a great extent. If sunlight is not enough for the system working or is almost unavailable then, such power source or system would be useless for you. Another disadvantage associated with this power source is that, the time when this source can produce maximum energy is during day time and as early hours of the day mostly people are on job, so energy production is high but, consumption is low at that time which is a major draw back for it. Moreover, in order to have maximum efficiency of this power source, sometimes you have to decrease the consumption of electrical appliances or lighting. Another disadvantage or rather requirement of this system is that, the home owner, who has installed this photovoltaic system must have a prior and adequate knowledge of it which includes the knowledge about handling and operating the system as well knowledge about maintenance and recharging of the system. Having inadequate or no knowledge could be problematic for you and the system would become a total wastage and useless for you. So, despite of this solar energy still can be the best option for energy production for home or for domestic use, but, choosing the right system and utilizing it in best manner would guarantee maximum and efficient energy production by this source.
