{"id":819,"date":"2014-06-18T17:15:06","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T00:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centuryrooftile.com\/solar-bay-area-roofing-blog\/?p=819"},"modified":"2014-10-09T11:51:59","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T18:51:59","slug":"solar-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centuryrooftile.com\/solar-bay-area-roofing-blog\/solar-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Facts About Solar Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:right;padding: 0 0 10px 10px\" class=\"interactive_right\"><div class='button_holder_right'><iframe allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' scrolling='no' src='\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets\/tweet_button.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcenturyrooftile.com%2Fsolar-bay-area-roofing-blog%2Fsolar-solutions%2F&amp;text=Interesting Facts About Solar Solutions&amp;count=vertical&amp;lang=' style='width:65px; height:65px;' ><\/iframe><\/div><div class='button_holder_right'><iframe src='\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fcenturyrooftile.com%2Fsolar-bay-area-roofing-blog%2Fsolar-solutions%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=65&amp;action=like&amp;font=arial&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=21' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' style='border:none; overflow:hidden; width:65px; height:21px;' allowTransparency='true'><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><h1>Why Solar Power Roofing\u00a0Is A Great Investment<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_660\" style=\"width: 404px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-660\" data-attachment-id=\"660\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/centuryrooftile.com\/solar-bay-area-roofing-blog\/solar-solutions-hot-water\/img_6242\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/centuryrooftile.com\/solar-bay-area-roofing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6242-e1414707901682.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,334\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1318430032&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bay Area Solar Solutions\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;\u00a92013 Century Roof and Solar&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/centuryrooftile.com\/solar-bay-area-roofing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6242-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/centuryrooftile.com\/solar-bay-area-roofing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6242-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-660\" title=\"Integrated Photovoltaics\" src=\"http:\/\/www.centuryrooftile.com\/solar-bay-area-roofing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6242-e1403131935969.jpg\" alt=\"solar power roofing\" width=\"394\" height=\"263\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a92014 Century Roof and Solar<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Have you been investigating integrated photovoltaics and <a title=\"East Bay Roofing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.noutilitybill.com\/faqs.html\" target=\"_blank\">solar power roofing<\/a>? If so, you&#8217;ve been learning why solar solutions are a big deal. Here are some facts about solar power and the sun that will blow you away:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The sun is about 1 million times bigger than the Earth; it\u2019s located approximately 93 million miles away. Although the sun is relatively large for a star, it is dwarfed by other more gigantic species of stars. The largest types of stars would stretch all the way to the orbit of Saturn;<\/li>\n<li>The sun itself is utterly minuscule in comparison with the Milky Way. If the sun were shrunk into a small grain of sand, the Milky Way galaxy (where the sun resides) would be the size of the entire planet Earth.<\/li>\n<li>In less than an hour and a half, the sun bathes the Earth with enough energy to fuel the entire human race\u2019s energy needs for a full year.<\/li>\n<li>The sun gets bigger and hotter as it consumes its fuel.<\/li>\n<li>If you install a 10 kilowatt solar panel, you can generate 17,000 kilowatt hours every year &#8212; the equivalent of burning over 27 barrels of oil.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bay Area Solar Solutions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.noutilitybill.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Integrated\u00a0photovoltaics<\/a> have a lot of applications in technology; they&#8217;re used in hot water heaters, PV panels, and concentrated solar power apps (for large scale tasks);<\/li>\n<li>It costs about $4 per watt of capacity to install a solar panel;<\/li>\n<li>Most panels are not ideally efficient \u2013 a common PV panel converts just 15% of the sun\u2019s energy to usable electricity.<\/li>\n<li>PV applications have led to booming advances in semiconductor material sciences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Contact the Team at Century Roof and Solar for More About Solar Power<\/h2>\n<p>For help creating\u00a0highly productive <a title=\"Bay Area Solar Company\" href=\"http:\/\/www.noutilitybill.com\/SolarSolutions.html\" target=\"_blank\">solar solutions<\/a> for your family or building, contact the team at Century Roof &amp; Solar for a free estimate. 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