Sentences with phrase «solar homes draw»

During overcast weather and at night, solar homes draw power from the grid.

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If not, Porsche is also planning to offer induction charging, and a home energy storage system, which can draw its energy from solar panels.

Drawing from 48 solar panels, the team will conduct extensive building analysis of the home in order to calibrate the systems and achieve net - zero.

Here's an amazing development tool that will map houses in rural areas and, using an algorithm that draws on population density and other data, show the most rational way to link them into a network of solar home systems and minigrids.

The solar home plan provides detailed information on this copyrighted energy - efficient home design, including elevation drawings, floor plan, descriptions of design features, the Mother Earth News feature article about the home and information for ordering the construction - ready blueprint.

Steve drew a crowd with his car and his enthusiastic stories about how much he loves to drive it and fuel it on sunshine — with the solar panels at his home.

If in a given month your solar system sends 300kWh to the grid and your home draws 300kWh then you will have no bill.

For a typical home without a solar installation, all of the electricity needed to meet occupants» demands is drawn from the grid.

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Each kWh of unused solar production offsets the cost of another kWh your home draws from the grid at night or on a cloudy day.

If in any given month your solar system exports to the Excel grid more electricity than what your home drew from the grid Excel will pay you for this excess.

Usually your solar system will export more than the home draws from and this is credited at the retail power rate.

Conversely, when your home needs more electricity than your solar panels are producing, you can draw power from the electric grid.

Mitchell said clients are drawn to solar panels because they are a visual cue to the rest of the neighborhood that the home owner cares about the environment.