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For homeowners looking to avoid the polluting emissions from other sources of electricity and simultaneously eliminate their utility bills and become energy independent, purchasing a solar photovoltaic system for your house is often the savviest solution. A residential grid-tied solar PV system offers all the environmental and financial benefits of solar with all of the reliability of the modern utility grid. Of course, if your current utility grid service is not so reliable, MainLine Solar also offers grid-tied solar PV systems with a battery back up for those days when the grid is down.

Energy Independence

While many US homes simply use too much energy to generate all of the electricity needs via a roof mounted PV system, the current structure of the SREC market allows homeowners to cover >100% of the cost of their electricity bill each year. This can typically be achieved even if your roof only allows for a generation capacity that is roughly 1/3rd of your energy usage. Of course, roof mounted systems are not your only option! MainLine Solar specializes in helping homeowners select the right solar photovoltaic system to suit their needs and their budget. Please see the System Ownership page for more information on the financial aspects of residential solar PV and the System Design page for more information on the design options that MainLine Solar offers.

Environmental Benefits

Modern solar photovoltaic panels come with 25-year warranties. That means they are guaranteed to produce zero-emission electricity for a quarter of a century! With no moving parts there is little-to-no maintenance required either. What could be more sustainable? Unfortunately, there are public misconceptions that more energy is used and more emissions are created in manufacturing the panels than they avoid during their operation. This is simply not the case! When the emissions required to manufacture, install, and operate a system are amortized over the life of the system, it has been found that the ‘embedded emissions’ in a solar PV system are roughly 5% of the actual emissions of electricity produced by coal and 10% of that produced by natural gas per kWh. Thus, there are tangible environmental benefits to installing solar PV on your home.

Some Perks of MainLine Solar

Despite the fact that solar photovoltaic technology has been around for decades, many municipal governments are just now adding new zoning and building regulations to their codes, and every municipality is just a little bit different. As a result MainLine Solar has started closely monitoring changes to local municipal codes as they relate to residential solar photovoltaic installations, so that we can give you a reasonable idea of how difficult or easy the permitting process will be for your system. In either case, MainLine Solar will take care of all permitting and engineering work related to your project at no additional cost to you! We will also be sure to do all of the heavy lifting when it comes to dealing with the utility companies and state rebate incentives before, during, and after the installation. The only thing you will have to lift is a pen to sign a few forms!

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