Solar Is Versatile: Exploring the State of Solar Today

Lots of people are calling this decade the ‘era of solar energy.’

Ten or twenty years ago, solar technology was still very expensive. It wasn’t optimized the way it is now. It wasn't common the way it is now, either. You didn’t see solar everywhere yet, for a few important reasons. 

Then, suddenly, solar hit a major critical mass, and it was much more affordable. We started to see panels popping up on homes and businesses, and in fields where giant companies like Amazon invested in solar harvesting. These solar farms now power a lot of what big companies do in some pretty impressive retail spaces and beyond. 

These are the days of solar, and people with an eye toward sustainable energy are getting involved quickly.

The Myth of Solar Stasis

Let's look at one of the myths that has been spread about solar energy.

Many people contend that solar energy is not versatile – that the only way to do it is to invest in very expensive grid arrays that will link into the grid, to sell energy back. You might get a company out to your home saying that that's your only option, and that it's not really affordable.

If you shop around a little bit, you'll see that solar is incredibly versatile, and that you can set up on-site systems that don't require a lot of the bells and whistles. So because solar can be customized for your specific project, there are a lot of opportunities that you may not know about with solar energy.

Solar Energy in Storage

There's another myth that goes along with this – it's that if the sun isn’t out, you can’t use solar energy.

Here again, although companies do have to assess shade in practical solar planning, storage is versatile to a great extent.

We know that electrical capacity can be stored in batteries. We know this intuitively, and the data shows it, too. So why are people still saying that solar energy can't be stored?

It's all part of a nay-saying campaign to put the brakes on widespread solar adoption. Why you would want to put the brakes on this planet-saving, sustainable energy campaign is sort of hard to understand, but it has to do with deflecting responsibility. If everyone agrees that nothing can be done, then no one has to do anything.

If you’re tired of this defeatist and ignorant way of thinking, the good news is that solar is already here! If you want to get involved, call Solar Masters.