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Planning on Going Solar? 6 Things You Should Know According To An Expert

The transition to solar power is not as complicated as you think!

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Angela Manalastas

<div><br/></div><p>Taking care of the Earth that we live in is a very essential advocacy in our current times, and a lot of environmental movements have come about in the past decade.</p><div><br/></div><p> Planting more trees, doing clean-up drives, substituting plastic packaging for more recyclable packaging, using metal straws—these are some of the more commonly known initiatives that we have seen. Particularly, trading in your regular electricity at home for solar energy is a common environmentally-friendly solution that a great number of families have already done.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/451f334d-500a-4cbe-9451-56f56731e022_vivint-solar-9calgksrzb8-unsplash.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=""/></span></span></div><div><strong>Related Story: </strong><a href="/living/tips/camping-essentials/32771" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">10 Camping Essentials That Will Make You Want to Stay Outdoors This Summer</a></div><div><br/></div><p>Definitely, going solar has its many benefits. As a renewable energy, it produces clean and pollution-free power that does not release greenhouse gases. It uses the sun as its energy source, which can result in depending less on fossil fuels to generate electrical energy. Generally, it contributes to the protection of us humans and the environment that surrounds us.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/4e1210aa-8a0b-4a84-81a6-8f6e38d7afcc_andreas-gucklhorn-7razcd-rugs-unsplash.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=""/></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>Since we are living in a tropical country where sunlight is abundant, opening the conversation of going solar in our personal homes may not be as difficult as we think it is. So, for all of those who may be interested in going solar or are planning to get started on the process, Metro.Style has got you covered! With the help of<a href="https://ecoenergy.com.ph/" target="_blank"> Ecoenergy Solar PH </a>and their president, Icko Cabasag Tan, we have compiled six things you should know about going solar before you make the transition!</p><div><br/></div><div class="article-content" itemProp="articleBody"><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/e1b2c0b5-9c29-4e7e-b28f-5762dbf88e60_solar power_landscape.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/c678fba8-d6b8-4826-9dcb-3dfb7e28118e_pexels-kindel-media-9875405.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/47435a8d-8dbe-465a-ae77-594502dde086_pexels-kindel-media-9875404.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/b03b57b6-f48e-4601-865a-bf6c93b95468_pexels-kindel-media-9875414.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/02568867-5c28-41b1-889f-50cc05a98ab6_pexels-kindel-media-9875446.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/543c2ccb-ed46-456f-b7b3-561d70cf1e99_pexels-vivint-solar-2850472.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/a12fe0c1-c5c9-4a60-a291-f91a7c2abeab_pexels-vivint-solar-2850347.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><div></div></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Starting the process is not as difficult as you think. - Solar companies make the beginning parts of the process quick and easy for you! Icko Cabasag Tan shared, “Simply submit us your electricity bill and we will provide a study and propose a system suitable for your household. For those constructing a new house, we would need the list of electrical load or electrical plan of your house for us to provide a proposal suitable for your needs.”<cite>Kindel Media Via Pexels</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>You need to dedicate a sufficient amount of space on your roof or garden for the set-up. - Since solar panels will need to be installed, you will need to have enough space on either your roof or your garden to accommodate the needed panels for your household. Specifically, 6-7sqm. for every kilowatt is adequate enough—for example, if a 10kW system would be installed for your house, it would need about 60-70sqm. of space.<cite>Kindel Media Via Pexels</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Selecting a top quality brand is an essential aspect of the entire process. - On top of ensuring you have enough space to install the solar panels, you must ensure that you are investing from a top quality brand. Icko Cabasag Tan said, “Choosing the top brands with excellent warranty like Sunpower, Enphase, SMA, etc. is one of most important aspects before putting up a Solar PV system on your roof.” <cite>Kindel Media Via Pexels</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>For a typical household, the expenses would start at a minimum of Php 150,000. - Going into the more financial aspect of transitioning to solar power, Icko Cabasag Tan expressed that an installation for a typical household would cost around Php 150,000 for a 3kW system, which would equivalent around Php 50,000 per kilowatt peak. As the size of the system needed increases, the price of each kilowatt can decrease from Php 45,000 per kW to Php 38,000 per kW.<cite>Kindel Media Via Pexels</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>You can earn around Php 3,600 savings per month from going solar. - Another great benefit of going solar is the return of investment or ROI, where you’ll be able to gain your investment back for a certain period of time after the system installation. For the 3kW system, you can earn around Php 3,600 savings per month with the ROI at around 3.5 years. For systems beyond 3kW, on the other hand, the ROI can decrease into 2.5 years.<cite>Vivint Solar via Pexels</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>There are particular Solar Power set-ups that are appropriate for particular types of houses and/or facilities. - Icko Cabasag Tan shared that a peaker, or a facility that uses electricity most in the daytime, can save the most with solar power, and examples of peakers are houses with WFH (work-from-home) setups, offices, hotels, and BPOs. However, for other types of facilities, he shared certain set-ups or systems in which these facilities can benefit from using solar energy. Particularly, he said: “For facilities that are used occasionally like vacation houses, they can still benefit from solar energy through net metering, by selling the excess energy produced back to the grid and will be deducted to their bills as rebate. For facilities that use electricity more during nighttime, can opt to use a “hybrid system with batteries” where they can use the stored energy during nighttime and combine it with net metering to sell excess energy for rebate. This type of setup will also protect you from brownouts. Though this setup is a bit costly due to the batteries.”<cite>Vivint Solar via Pexels</cite></p></div></div></div></div><div><br/></div><div><em>For more information, visit <a href="https://ecoenergy.com.ph/" target="_blank">https://ecoenergy.com.ph/</a> or message their social media networks, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ecoenergysolarph/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/ecoenergysolarph/</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ecoenergysolarph/?hl=en" target="_blank">@ecoenergysolarph</a>. </em></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>Related Story: </strong><a href="/living/tips/izumi-bonsai-by-architect-william-ti/33168" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bring Nature Indoors From An Award-Winning Architect’s Bonsai Shop</a></div><div><strong>Related Story: </strong><a href="/living/tips/hettich-20-years-and-climate-neutral/32824" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">This Leading European Furniture Fittings Brand Is Now Climate-Neutral</a></div>