New Plug-In Appliance Makes Home Solar Power Simple
So many people love the idea of having solar power in the home. And yet, so many people fail to take the next step and actually start to use home solar power. Why is that? There are two leading reasons. The first is that many people are afraid that the cost of going solar is too high. The second is that people don't want installers tramping around their homes trying to get them set up for solar power. A new plug-in solar power appliance may be able to solve both of those problems.
Clarian Technologies, a renewable resource manufacturing company, has built an interesting new product called The Sunfish. It is a solar power module that plugs directly into your home outlets just the way that any of your appliances do. Although you are tapping into your home's energy system, you're actually creating power using this appliance.
The Sunfish comes in different sizes to meet the needs of different customers. Even the smallest sizes of this appliance can help to reduce energy costs in the home by providing you with power from the sun. For example, a 200W Sunfish module is capable of providing enough renewable energy power to offset the cost of lighting the average home. Go bigger and you can generate enough power to offset the power being used by major home appliances such as washing machines and refrigerators.
This new plug-in solar power appliance is set to enter stores sometime next year although the company is already accepting pre-orders. The appliances should be priced somewhere between $600 and $800. That's considerably more affordable than large solar power systems for the home. And if you're spending a lot of money on home lighting or powering your home appliances then the offset savings can add up quickly.
Best of all, at least for some people, is that you don't need any assistance with the installation of this solar power module in your home. You simply plug it in and start using it. If you've hesitated to get solar power in the past due to the fact that you didn't want strangers stomping around on your roof to put in panels then this module could be a more private way for you to launch your renewable energy use in the home.
Source: http://www.clariantechnologies.com/main/page_plugin_solar_power.html
Publish Date: 2010-08-23 11:00:34
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