Veranda Solar Panels for City Living

Veranda Solar Panels: Solar Panels for City Dwellers

Solar energy has always been difficult for city dwellers because property owners make all of the decisions about when, how, and if they install solar panels. While solar power could help apartment buildings run without leeching as much energy from the power grid, thus reducing energy costs, the initial investment is often too high for property owners to install the solar panels, solar lights, and solar water heaters.

Solar Panels for the City: Veranda Solar

A start up company called Veranda Solar is currently designing solar panels that can be installed just about anywhere. While they are still in the product development stage, the company has released prototypes to a few lucky clients. As the prototype pictures show, these small solar panels could be installed just about anywhere, including an apartment building window, patio, rooftop, or, as the company’s name suggests, veranda.

Veranda Solar Cells: Affordable Solar Cells

One of the main problems with solar cells is that they cost a lot of money. Veranda Solar says that its solar panels, however, will sell for about 600 to 800 dollars. That’s still a sizable sum of cash, but it makes the solar panels affordable for consumers who purchase other high tech consumer goods like iPhones and Apple computers.

Installing Veranda Solar Energy Panels

Not only do property owners have to pay a lot for the solar power equipment, they also have to hire specialty contractors to install them. This can cost thousands of dollars, which is just too much money for the average consumer.

Veranda Solar reports that its solar energy panels will be easy to install just about anywhere an electrical socket and a few feet of space are available.

One of the advantages of the product is that you can start small and build onto your system as you are able to invest more money into it. The solar panels are interlocking, which means you can purchase a single panel for your home or you can install several that hook up to each other and operate as one.

Veranda Solar also places a heavy emphasis on the design of their products. Capra J’neva, a member of the Veranda Solar team who has a background in fine arts as well as technology, compares them to jewelry in this informational video.

Veranda Solar Panels Informational Video

How Many Watts Will Veranda Solar’s Panels Produce?

The Veranda Solar energy cells are currently in development, so they don’t make any promises on how many watts the solar panels will be able to produce. Currently, they are aiming for 60 watts per panel. The inverters that must be installed to use the energy (included in the 600-800 dollar projected price) will accept up to 600 watts of energy. That means you could run ten solar panels without having to worry about purchasing another inverter.

The company points out that even if the solar panels can produce 60 watts of energy, they may not do so in every customer’s home. Those who purchase the solar cells should understand that weather and placement can have a big impact on the amount of energy that the solar cells produce.

Still, under perfect circumstances, a single solar panel with five hours of exposure would generate about 300 watt hours.

This certainly is not enough power to run a whole house, or even a whole apartment. But it does save more energy than many solar lights and solar water heaters. As more solar panels are added to the system, the amount of watts generateds increases.

Buying Veranda Solar Panels

Veranda Solar does not currently sell its solar panels because they are in development. Some lucky clients have received prototypes. The company encourages interested consumers to contact them about future buying opportunities.

Contact Veranda Solar by clicking here.




This article is courtesy of Matt Thompson, a staff writer at Easy Ways to Go Green; it was edited by Matty Byloos, Editor and Publisher.
This is not a paid article or advertisement for the company or product(s) mentioned herein.