Solar electricity basics : powering your home or office with solar energy / Dan Chiras.
"Solar Electricity Basics is a highly readable introduction to a promising technology, ideal for homeowners, business owners, builders, and students. It covers everything you need to work with solar electricity including sizing a solar electric system, types of systems, how systems operate, and costs and benefits."-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780865719255
- ISBN: 086571925X
- Physical Description: vii, 215 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 23 cm
- Edition: 2nd revised edition.
- Publisher: Gabriola Island, BC, Canada : New Society Publishers, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
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General Note: | Includes index. |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Issued also in electronic formats. |
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Genre: | Handbooks and manuals. Handbooks and manuals. Guides et manuels. |
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Solar Electricity Basics - Revised and Updated 2nd Edition : Powering Your Home or Office with Solar Energy
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Solar Electricity Basics - Revised and Updated 2nd Edition : Powering Your Home or Office with Solar Energy
A guide to choosing and using solar electricity systems from "the man who launched a thousand rooftop solar arrays . . . the essential go-to manual" (John D. Ivanko and Lisa Kivirist, coauthors of ECOpreneuring). As we look for safer, more economical, and more sustainable ways to meet our needs for electricity--and as more and more electric cars hit the road--solar has become an increasingly popular option. With Solar Electricity Basics, renewable energy expert Dan Chiras offers a concise and up-to-date guide covering all the essentials. It explores: How to size, cost, and choose the right system, including off-grid vs. grid-tied vs. grid-tied with battery backup Where to mount a system for maximum performance What type of modules and inverters to buy How to install and maintain batteries Cost vs. benefit for solar electric systems How to connect to the grid, and what type of net metering your area offers Solar Electricity Basics is an indispensable guide for homeowners, business owners, builders, and students for figuring out solar electricity quickly and easily.