I bet you don’t like your electricity bill, neither do I. The good thing is that you could and should (if you have some money to invest) generate your own electricity, which will help you save money and our fragile environment. One of the most convenient ways to install solar panels is to install solar roof shingles, it’s quite straight forward and with simple on-grid system you could start enjoying advantages of solar power today.
You can pick a section on your roof to install solar shingles on. There are quite a lot of colors available on the market and you can pick the one matching to your regular shingles, so solar panels won’t stand out too much in terms of visual design.
Comparing to solar panels, solar shingles are more expansive, about $5 per watt of power. You do pay extra for convenience. Regular solar panels require mounts and holes in your roof, while solar shingles just replace your conventional shingles and much easier to take care of later.
Solar shingles will act as solar panels (they are in fact solar panels), so you will need to connect them to either batteries or municipal electric grid. Going with a grid tie system is a fail proof way, because even if your system fails, you are protected, and can use electricity in your home. That’s a nice electricity guarantee if you ask me.
Not every time you have an electric grid nearby, if you are building a solar system for your remote cottage location or making a RV solar panels setup. For these scenarios independent off-grid system is the best, you will pay more, but complete independence feels awesome.
Solar roof shingles is a great alternative to conventional solar panels. Nice looking and versatile, they will save you money on your electricity costs and will contribute for e better and greener planet in a long run for everybody.