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Among the year-end assessments of multitudinous products as the best of their kind this year, the reviews of the 2022 best electric vehicles (EVs) stand out in importance. U.S. News and World Report offers a comprehensively considered analysis and reports its rankings of the top EV models in cars and SUVs and for luxury models as well. We’ve extracted some key information from the U.S. News report and are sharing it below to help you become introduced to the EV options currently on the market and compare some of the best models.

A wonderful feature of the holiday season is the beautiful decorative lights everywhere. Countless strands of light adorn shrubs, trees, doors, patios, and even entire houses. Not to mention the vast number of lighted plastic Santas, reindeer, elves, snowmen, and other festive characters decorating lawns and rooftops in neighborhoods from coast to coast. Inside homes are dreamy illuminated window motifs and a mesmerizing tree of lights and ornaments. Cities and towns throughout the country are transformed for weeks. It’s a stunning spectacle. But, it takes a staggering amount of electricity — reportedly about 6.63 billion kW hours.

You can hear and read about the current transition of U.S. cities and states to renewable energy sources, many with goals of complete conversion by 2030. You can also see the change happening in the ever-increasing number of homes and businesses with solar panels on their roofs. The solar adoption rate has grown by 33 percent over just the past ten years. Clearly, people want freedom from the public power grid and want to help save the environment by going solar. But what are the environmental benefits of reducing carbon emissions by switching to solar at home?

In June 2022, President Joe Biden announced a pair of executive actions meant to accelerate U.S. solar installation and shift more solar parts manufacturing from Asia to the United States. One action is designed to remedy the shortage of solar panels currently coming into the U.S., and the second was to increase domestic manufacturing of solar panels. The two orders are expected to bolster solar manufacturing in the U.S. to double the current level and add up to 100 GW of solar generation within the next 10 years compared to projections without the executive actions.

Your home provides ideal evidence of its suitability for solar panels. If you’re thinking about investing in solar panels, you should find out what you can expect from a solar energy system at your property. Several particular indicators are especially important in determining whether your home will be an adequately productive solar home. Below are the five most essential criteria for identifying a home that is a promising candidate for improvement by investing in home roof solar panels.

Solar panels can be expected to generate solar energy with only a negligible gradual decline in productivity rate for the first 25 to 30 years. But, your solar panels will not quit working for you after that period. Instead, their rate of output will simply decrease more and more as the panels continue to age.

So, you’re thinking about going solar, but you might not be sure if you really have a good roof for solar panels currently. Should you replace it before having solar panels installed? If your roof is very old, possibly near the end of its life expectancy, then it’s an easy decision. You know that if you install solar panels and then the roof starts leaking within a few years, the cost of uninstalling and reinstalling the solar panels, cables, and racks becomes an extra expense that could have been avoided. But what if your roof has more good years of life left in it? In that case, the decision is a little more involved.

If you’re a homeowner in Colorado, you’ve probably at least thought about switching to a solar panel system to produce your electricity. Especially with all the power shortages around the country, suddenly soaring electric bills, and solar panel prices dropping for decades until they’ve finally stabilized at attractive rates. Naturally, you will have questions about solar pricing and options, perhaps including: Why use solar panels here? Is solar really worth it in Colorado? Below are just seven of the many reasons why Colorado is one of the best locations in the United States for residential solar panels!

With the ever-increasing popularity of residential and commercial solar, there are many options of residential solar installers available for you. We encourage you to compare services, equipment quality, costs, and the reputation of your local solar installers. To help you get started, below is the list of priorities to look for in solar installation services.

Living free from the grid and using sunlight to produce your own electricity at home is a wonderful opportunity to make the most of your financial and natural resources. But, it’s a substantial investment. So, you need to be sure it really makes sense to plan for solar panel installation at your property. First, you’ll need to determine whether you would install solar panels on roof space or use ground mount panels. If you have rooftop installation in mind, you need to have an assessment of your roof as a potential location for solar panels.