Save on your electricity bill!
Switch to solar and save up to $700 each year. Heating up water accounts for nearly 30% of a home's energy use. It's a near-constant need -- we use hot water for showers, laundry, washing dishes -- and it adds up.
There are greener options out there. Both high-efficiency and tankless water heaters can cut back on energy use. But solar is on another level. It's about as green as hot water can get. A solar water heater is typically used in conjunction with a traditional heater, since weather affects solar hot-water production. The traditional heater supplements the solar heater. Adding a solar water heater to a water-heating system can reduce energy bills and corresponding CO2 emissions by 50 percent -- sometimes even more, depending on where you live.
What is solar electricity?
Solar hot water is water heated by the use of solar energy. Solar heating systems are generally composed of solar thermal collectors, a fluid system to move the heat from the collector to its point of usage. The system may use electricity for pumping the fluid, and have a reservoir or tank for heat storage and subsequent use. The systems may be used to heat water for a wide variety of uses, including home, business and industrial use
Hot water heated by the sun can be used to:
Heat water (e.g. for sanitary purposes such as showering, washing, ...)
Generate electricity
Types of Solar Power?
There are three main kinds of solar thermal collectors in common use. In order of increasing cost they are: Formed Plastic Collectors, Flat Collectors, and Evacuated Tube Collectors.
The evacuated tube collectors are the most efficient because they are round they passively track the suns movement throughout the day.
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