No wonder that more and more people (me too!) are looking for solutions to reduce their electricity bills. If you research a little bit you will find that one solution is to generate your own energy by installing a residential solar power system in your house. But honestly, when I've heard for the first time about setting up a system to generate my own energy, I thought that it must be very expensive and complicated to do that. Actually it can be!
Fortunately, it is also possible to install a residential solar power system in your home at a reasonable price. How to do that, tells you Michael Harvey, from Earth4Energy. He shares his 15 years experience with renewable energy and teaches how to build a residential solar system by your own. To know more

Why Install a Residential Solar System?
With energy sources depleting at a rate faster than they are being built, it is only wise that we use the abundant energy available for free - the solar energy.
Solar energy has many advantages over conventional energy. The energy from the sun is free, the only expense is from recovering the energy. The cost of recovering the suns energy is recovered faster than with conventional energy. The recovering units don't have to be connected to natural gas or power grids, they stand alone. The supply of solar energy is limitless. It has no emission gases to harm the earth's atmosphere.
Owning a solar power home means that you are encouraging preserving our natural resources for the future. It also means that you will not worry with the increase in cost of electricity and gas because you are using the best source out there without hurting the environment.
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Solar Power in the United States
Solar power in the United States is the largest available energy source for the United States, although in 2006 it accounted for less than 0.1% of electricity generation. Renewable resources (solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, biomass, and waste) provided nearly 12 percent of the nation's electricity supply in 2003. Renewable Resources in the U.S. Electricity Supply Due to the eight year extension of the 30% solar tax credit, it is estimated that an additional 28,000 megawatts (MW) of solar power will be installed by the end of 2016.
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What is Opinion about Residential solar Power?
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- HenryE HenryE Jun 13, 2009 @ 11:49 am
- It's nice to see other people trying to improve our energy situation. I am into geothermal energy but I know that solar is great, too. Best of luck to you!
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