How much does a solar panel cost for 1house of average energy consumption?

Question

If i want to buy a mini-windmill for just my house, how much would it cost?

Answer 1

the panel cost you around a 10000 windy shall cost u 8000

Answer 2

you can expect to pay roughly $4.75 per watt 100 watt panel $475.00.  Next you need to multiply monthly usage by 30 to determine daily consumption.  Divide the daily total by the average number of sunlight hours you get in your region per day.  This will give you the number of watts you need to offset.  Hope this helps good luck.

Answer 3

Let me start off by saying we (my family and I) live completely, 100% “off of the grid and are completely self sufficient”

The house is built utilizing natures natural elements, in the shape of an octagon with 8ft wide arch doors on every wall to catch every angle of wind (typical 4 sided homes have half the chance as one with 8 sides. A circle being the most efficient design). Woodburning stoves, solar chimney, solar AC, solar heating, solar water heating (pool and home), solar stove, solar power, wind power, hydrogen powered back up generator, hydrogen back up water heater, hydrogen stove, 2 hydrogen powered trucks, 1 EV (electric vehicle) and satellite internet.

There are no utility lines, no water lines, no roads, tv, cell service, etc. on our ranch. EVERYTHING needed is produced here. All electricity comes from 27 solar panels, 2 main wind gens and a back hydrogen generator if needed (typically we can last 9 days with all luxuries of sunless windless weather, hasn't happened yet). Water is caught and storaged from the rain. Hot water is made with solar batch water heaters with an on-demand hydrogen hot water heater as backup. Even our vehicles use alternative energy (2 hydrogen trucks, 1 EV electric vehicle converted). Because of this we have no bills, no debt and no mortgage.

The following steps were taking directly out of a DIY guide I offer to those who would like to run their homes on solar power safely, reducing their monthly utility bills or even selling power back the the electrical companies. The entire guide is available at www agua-luna com. Its pretty simple but if you have any problems feel free to contact me directly I can walk you threw the process.

Materials you will need

A sheet of copper flashing from the hardware store. This normally costs about $5.00 per square foot. We will need about half a square foot.

Two alligator clip leads.

A sensitive micro-ammeter that can read currents between 10 and 50 microamperes. Radio Shack sells small LCD multimeters that will do, but I used a small surplus meter with a needle.

An electric stove. My kitchen stove is gas, so I bought a small one-burner electric hotplate for about $25. The little 700 watt burners probably won't work -- mine is 1100 watts, so the burner gets red hot.

A large clear plastic bottle off of which you can cut the top. I used a 2 liter spring water bottle. A large mouth glass jar will also work.

Table salt. We will want a couple tablespoons of salt.

Tap water.

Sand paper or a wire brush on an electric drill.

Sheet metal shears for cutting the copper sheet.

The first step is to cut a piece of the copper sheeting that is about the size of the burner on the stove. Wash your hands so they don't have any grease or oil on them. Then wash the copper sheet with soap or cleanser to get any oil or grease off of it. Use the sandpaper or wire brush to thoroughly clean the copper sheeting, so that any sulphide or other light corrosion is removed.

Next, place the cleaned and dried copper sheet on the burner and turn the burner to its highest setting.

As the copper starts to heat up, you will see beautiful oxidation patterns begin to form. Oranges, purples, and reds will cover the copper.

As the copper gets hotter, the colors are replaced with a black coating of cupric oxide. This is not the oxide we want, but it will flake off later, showing the reds, oranges, pinks, and purples of the cuprous oxide layer underneath.

The last bits of color disappear as the burner starts to glow red.

When the burner is glowing red-hot, the sheet of copper will be coated with a black cupric oxide coat. Let it cook for a half an hour, so the black coating will be thick. This is important, since a thick coating will flake off nicely, while a thin coat will stay stuck to the copper.

After the half hour of cooking, turn off the burner. Leave the hot copper on the burner to cool slowly. If you cool it too quickly, the black oxide will stay stuck to the copper.

As the copper cools, it shrinks. The black cupric oxide also shrinks. But they shrink at different rates, which makes the black cupric oxide flake off.

The little black flakes pop off the copper with enough force to make them fly a few inches. This means a little more cleaning effort around the stove, but it is fun to watch.

When the copper has cooled to room temperature (this takes about 20 minutes), most of the black oxide will be gone. A light scrubbing with your hands under running water will remove most of the small bits. Resist the temptation to remove all of the black spots by hard scrubbing or by flexing the soft copper. This might damage the delicate red cuprous oxide layer we need to make to solar cell work.

Cut another sheet of copper about the same size as the first one. Bend both pieces gently, so they will fit into the plastic bottle or jar without touching one another. The cuprous oxide coating that was facing up on the burner is usually the best side to face outwards in the jar, because it has the smoothest, cleanest surface.

Attach the two alligator clip leads, one to the new copper plate, and one to the cuprous oxide coated plate. Connect the lead from the clean copper plate to the positive terminal of the meter. Connect the lead from the cuprous oxide plate to the negative terminal of the meter.

Now mix a couple tablespoons of salt into some hot tap water. Stir the saltwater until all the salt is dissolved. Then carefully pour the saltwater into the jar, being careful not to get the clip leads wet. The saltwater should not completely cover the plates -- you should leave about an inch of plate above the water, so you can move the solar cell around without getting the clip leads wet.

now place in the sun with the magnefied on top.

The solar cell is a battery, even in the dark, and will usually show a few microamps of current.

That’s it it’s that simple. If you’d a more detailed process and some pics (ouldn’t put them here) it’s available along with some other DIY alternative energy projects at  www agua-luna com

Hope this helped, feel free to contact me personally if you have any questions if you’d like assistance in making your first self sufficient steps, I’m willing to walk you step by step threw the process. I’ve written several how-to DIY guides available at  www agua-luna com on the subject. I also offer online and on-site workshops, seminars and internships to help others help the environment.

Dan Martin

Alterative Energy / Sustainable Consultant, Living 100% on Alternative & Author of How One Simple Yet Incredibly Powerful Resource Is Transforming The Lives of Regular People From All Over The World... Instantly Elevating Their Income & Lowering Their Debt, While Saving The Environment by Using FREE ENERGY... All With Just One Click of A Mouse...For more info Visit:  

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Answer 4

I was quoted a price of $36,000-$50,000  to provide all the power I use minus my air conditioner with PV panels.

Since my yearly electrical bill does not exceed $1000 it will not pay back in any reasonable amount of time.

Windmills are cheaper but take more work and approval/clearance from government and home owners assocications.

Things to consider about wind power:

1- it needs to be on a high tower (at least 30 feet above your roof but even higher is better). Trees, houses, hills etc. all steal wind movement and to be effective the windmill should be far away from them.

2- This tall tower should not be able to fall on your house or across your property line if it ever fails.

3- You must service this machine. Equipment with parts moving at high speeds and exposed to the environment will fail. Are you ready to climb the tower and fix it (or at least pay someone to do it for you)?

My suggestion to you is to spend you money on sealing up your house to increase its air-tightness. This will be the most cost effective use of the average person's dollars to reduce energy consumption.

Next on the list is to add insulation to your attic. The machines to blow in additional insulation are easy to use and can be rented at most home improvement stores.

A final suggestion is to stop drinking bottled water. It's fine coming from the tap and you won't be throwing away a large amount of money or plastic.

Answer 5

Each installation is different. It depends on your location and goal. There are too many factors to consider to make an accurate general estimate. The amount of daylight, the orientation of the installation site, any shade factors (trees, other builidings chimneys etc., the amount of electricity you use, current electricity rates etc. can effect the type of system you will want and the amount of time it is paid off with savings.

I personally am getting my system installed in a few weeks I live in a great climate with good southeast exposure. My system will cut my electricity by at least 35% up to 50%. I will be getting 18 panels. I am getting a $10K rebate from my utility, so my out of pocket expense is $12K, and I'll recieve a $2K federal tax credit, the system should pay for itself in less than 6 years. My panels are guaranteed for 20 years and the converter is expected to last about 15, it will cost a couple thousand to replace. Maintenance is washing or sweeping the dust off in summer. My system will be connected to the utility and when I produce more than I use my meter will run backwards.

I can double dip into my rebate program, so in a few years I will be adding to my system and zeroing out my electric bill totally. Since I plan on living in my home forever, I will be retireing with no mortgage or electric bill.

My advice is contact a solar contractor and have them give you a no cost, no obligation quote. I got 3 quotes and they were very similar in price. All companies were able to give me rebate and tax credit information, estimated electricity production for various sizes and pricing. Make sure you are dealing with a licensed contractor and check them out with your states contractor license board and the better business bureau.