Solar Electricity Basics - Revised and Updated 2nd Edition: Powering Your Home or Office with Solar Energy - Softcover

Chiras, Dan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 086571925X ISBN 13: 9780865719255

Publisher: New Society Publishers, 2019

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Dan Chiras, Ph.D, is the author of numerous books on renewable energy, including The Solar House and The Homeowners Guide to Renewable Energy. He has been growing in greenhouses for nearly two decades and in his own passive solar Chinese greenhouse since 2017. Dan lives in Gerald, MO.

From the Back Cover

The indispensable guide to solar electricity systems for homeowners, business owners, builders, and students

"Takes the guess-work out of solar energy with simple explanations and instructions that anyone can follow. This is a must-read."
― OLIVER M. GOSHEY, founder and director, Abundant Edge

"With his usual plain-spoken clarity, Chiras makes a complex subject easy and accessible."
― BRUCE KING, author, The New Carbon Architecture

CLIMATE CHANGE and limits to fossil fuels compel us to find safer, more economical, and more sustainable ways to meet our needs for electricity. And, as more and more electric cars hit the road, we'll need to find a way to provide fuel that is clean, environmentally sustainable, and affordable.

With Solar Electricity Basics, author 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.

"Thinking of going solar? Dan Chiras is the perfect guide; he's enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and makes it all easy to understand."
― RICHARD HEINBERG, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute, and author, The End of Growth

"The essential go-to manual for getting a grip on the ins and outs of photovoltaic systems."
― JOHN D. IVANKO and LISA KIVIRIST, co-authors, ECOpreneuring

DAN CHIRAS, Ph.D, is the author of numerous books on renewable energy, including Power from the Sun, Power from the Wind, and The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy. He has lived on solar electricity since 1996 in Colorado and Missouri.

From the Inside Flap

The indispensable guide to solar electricity systems for homeowners, business owners, builders, and students

Takes the guess-work out of solar energy with simple explanations and instructions that anyone can follow. This is a must-read.
-- OLIVER M. GOSHEY, founder and director, Abundant Edge

With his usual plain-spoken clarity, Chiras makes a complex subject easy and accessible.
-- BRUCE KING, author, The New Carbon Architecture

CLIMATE CHANGE and limits to fossil fuels compel us to find safer, more economical, and more sustainable ways to meet our needs for electricity. And, as more and more electric cars hit the road, we'll need to find a way to provide fuel that is clean, environmentally sustainable, and affordable.

With Solar Electricity Basics, author 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.

Thinking of going solar? Dan Chiras is the perfect guide; he's enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and makes it all easy to understand.
-- RICHARD HEINBERG, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute, and author, The End of Growth

The essential go-to manual for getting a grip on the ins and outs of photovoltaic systems.
-- JOHN D. IVANKO and LISA KIVIRIST, co-authors, ECOpreneuring

DAN CHIRAS, Ph.D, is the author of numerous books on renewable energy, including Power from the Sun, Power from the Wind, and The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy. He has lived on solar electricity since 1996 in Colorado and Missouri.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Society Publishers
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 086571925X
• ISBN 13: 9780865719255
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224