| Solar panels are a great way to reduce your electric | | | | build solar panels, you can sell them for a decent profit. |
| bill and save a lot of money. The problem is that they | | | | Building a panel involves an investment of about $200 |
| are expensive and only people with great financial | | | | in materials. This price can be even smaller if you buy |
| situations can afford them. The good thing is that you | | | | in bulk or if you use cheaper materials. Let's say that |
| can build them yourself using resources which can be | | | | you spend $200 on the materials for a panel and you |
| found at your local hardware store. | | | | sell it for $300. That's a 50% profit! |
| Even if you want to save electricity and save the | | | | 2. Cheaper components make for a smaller |
| environment you have probably been set back by the | | | | investment |
| high cost of green technology. Solar panels, while | | | | The most expensive parts of a solar panel are the |
| especially popular, can set you back $20 000. This is | | | | photovoltaic cells. These can be found at your local |
| quite a hole in your budget and you should be happy to | | | | hardware store and will represent most of your |
| know that you can make one yourself for a fraction | | | | investment. You can find cheaper used or refurbished |
| of the price. | | | | solar cell online. This can reduce the price quite a lot. |
| 3 ways solar panels save money for you: | | | | 3. Let the government reimburse you |
| 1. Build and sell | | | | Given that we are headed towards an energy crisis, |
| There are a lot of people that want access to cheap, | | | | the government is willing to offer tax rebates to |
| clean energy. Most of these people do not know, or | | | | anyone using green power sources. This way, you can |
| for some reason cannot, build their own. If you can | | | | increase your rebate to as much as 50%. |