Hi-tech ways to capture enough sunlight per day every day to power everything in a home or business hasn't been discovered yet. The current cost of solar panels can run into thousands of pounds, which would require the panels to produce electricity for years without maintenance in order to see a return on investment. What is needed is more grants available to people to enable them to afford renewable energy in the homes. Otherwise only the relatively well off will be able to afford paying over $2000 for solar panels and then saving money over the next 10-20 years. B & Q and other retailers in the US have now started to advertise solar and wind turbines on TV, they must becoming more mainstream for them to do this.
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