Did you know that there is a building in Amsterdam called the Edge, that uses 70% less electricity than the average office building? Have you been considering investing in solar panels for your own business as a savings and investment? If so, you are in the right place.
Keep reading to learn everything you need to know about solar panels in regards to business.
Offset Expenses
One major reason that businesses choose to invest in solar power is that it helps offset the expenses that come from their business growth. The larger the business, the more employees are needed which in turn means using more electricity and power.
While you will have to invest money to get your solar system up and running and will have solar panel costs to take into consideration, those expenses will even out the more you use the solar system, and eventually, you will be saving money.
Financing Your Solar Panels
There are a few options when it comes to financing commercial solar panels. You can buy your system outright and not have to worry about another bill every month, or your business can partner up with a solar energy provider to build and operate solar generation facilities on your property.
If you go for the latter option then you can buy the electricity from the provider at a fixed cost lower than what the rates are in your area. This option is called a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The great thing is that you can have a solar energy system installed on your property with little or no upfront costs.
You can do a search for “solar providers near me” to find out if a local provider has a PPA option available.
Solar Power Is Intermittent
Something to take into consideration when deciding if this is a good investment for you or not is how much sunlight your office building gets during the daytime. Solar energy is intermittent which means that it is only generated during daytime hours and if it is often cloudy it will affect how much energy is produced.
Energy Independence
If you want to be independent of the power and utility companies, then a solar investment might be the best way to achieve this. To a certain degree, you will not have to heavily rely on your local utility company when you are producing most of your energy with your solar setup.
Unless you have multiple rainy and cloudy days or not a large enough system your dependence on the power companies will become less and less as long as you have the right solar system installed.
Ready to Install Some Solar Panels?
We hope that now that we went over adding solar panels to your office building, you can make an informed decision whether or not this is a good idea for you and your business needs.
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