Gaining energy independence and taking steps to reduce your energy bills while helping to protect the planet, is entirely achievable with a professionally installed solar system with battery backup, and while there are many more reasons to go solar as we head into a new year, here are 5 of the best:
Gain energy independence
Causing significant damage to the environment and the planet as a whole, nonrenewable energy source such as coal, oil and natural gas, are relied on heavily by countries around the world. By switching to solar, however, you can help reduce that dependency and gain the following benefits:
Gain control over your energy costs
Own the power source for your property
Save money on your energy bills
Not be subject to unpredictable utility price hikes
Save money on energy bills
By relying on solar energy to power your home or business, you can make significant savings every month and year, and get a great return on your initial investment. Whatever size of solar system you choose to invest in, you’ll make energy savings right from the get go, but the size of those savings will naturally increase, the bigger the system you buy, and some families can eliminate their monthly energy bills altogether.
Increase the value of your home
A home with a professionally installed solar system is always going to fetch a higher market rate than the same property without a solar system, and will typically sell for around 17% more. Not only can you make your property more attractive to prospective buyers by having a solar system, and encourage them to buy it for more than if it didn’t have one, but you could sell it a lot quicker, too.
Do your bit for the environment
While reducing your monthly outgoings with a renewable energy source such as solar power, is a valid and important advantage for many homeowners, perhaps the biggest benefits of switching to solar, are more global, and involve the environment and the world we live in.
If every homeowner took the decision to invest in a solar system, the changes we could collectively make are enormous, and while it might feel as if doing ‘your bit’ is but a drop in the ocean, the reality couldn’t be further from the truth. Below are some of the many advantages of doing your bit for the environment by going solar at home:
Help to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions
Reduce dependency on harmful and dwindling fossil fuels
Promote a cleaner and more sustainable source of energy
Stimulate job growth in green technology in your state
Stimulate energy sectors in your state’s economy
Make the air, water and soil cleaner
Boost economic growth in your state and beyond
Impress and outpace your neighbors
Who wants to merely keep up with the neighbors when you can go one step further and outdo them! With a solar system and battery backup, you can generate your own power, and if that won’t make you the envy of the entire neighborhood, nothing will!
Note that there are currently many states offering incentives for households choosing to switch to renewable energy, too, meaning that you could not only reduce the size and cost of your energy bills, but the initial cost of buying a solar system, as well.
With so many compelling reasons to go solar, why not make 2022 the year that you have a solar system professionally installed!