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For a long time on this blog we have been talking about the financial implications of using solar panels for your daily energy needs. As a side note we also sometimes talk about what devastating impact the conventional sources of energy are making on our environment. “Side note” because, unfortunately and tragically, when it comes to worrying about the environment and the purity of the air that we breathe and the food that we eat and the water that we drink, we keep sweeping the issue under the carpet unless the water is over our noses.

We forget, or choose to ignore, what sort of world we are going to leave for our children and their children.  If we don’t take constructive measures right now our children will resent us forever, if they are able to survive the neglect we wrought upon the only planet we’ve got.

At Sungate Energy Solutions we not just do the business of providing solar energy solutions to our customers we also try to educate them and sensitize them towards the need for cleaner and renewable energy sources. You may think that it is good for our business if more and more people by solar panels and of course it is good since we are into this business, but that’s simply because  we are into “right” business.  The pioneers in this field are going to make a significant contribution towards the well-being of the planet.

When you stop using power generated from fossil fuels less oxygen and other toxic gases are released into the atmosphere. Do you know that approximately 667,000 school-age kids have been diagnosed with asthma (source: http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/asthma/asthma.htm) and most of these cases are due to air pollution?  The problem has attained epidemic proportions and it is mostly left neglected because the symptoms are not very drastic (we’re not talking about people who actually have asthma).  And this is just one single problem.  Many new mutations are occurring due to air and water. Millions of children around the world are growing up carrying around poisonous residues inside their bodies with alarming ramifications.

Of course these problems cannot be solved in a single day but Sungate Energy Solutions is surely playing an important role by formulating a business model around this urgent need: installing devices that derive energy from the sun. You can also become a part of this revolutionary shift towards healthier and renewable alternative.  Contact us today to know more about how you can make a big difference in what sort of world your children and their children are going to inherit.

Phoenix, Arizona is one of the hottest cities in the United States but it doesn’t mean you need to go bankrupt trying to keep your interiors — your homes as well as business establishments — cooler and comfortable.  The hotter it is outside, the harder your air-conditioner needs to work.  No wonder, people in Phoenix, Arizona spend a considerable amount of money paying their utility bills.  Sungate Energy Solutions aims to change that.

No, we’re not aiming at changing the climate of your beloved state or city.  We are simply providing you an alternative way of getting power, by turning a disadvantage into an advantage.

Do you get lots of sun?  No problem! Let us change this into a never-ending source of energy.  Photovoltaic solar panels from Sungate Energy Solutions can reduce your utility bills to practically zero once you have covered the initial installation cost.

Photovoltaic means converting light into energy/electricity.  This further means your solar panels simply need exposure to light and you don’t need uninterrupted sunshine upon them.  But, having lots of sun means your solar panels get lots of light and hence they can produce lots of electricity.  This will not only save you money it may also help you earn money.  Currently you might be getting your power supply from the main grid. Once you start producing your electricity through your solar panels you may start supplying power to the grid instead of deriving from it.

But that’s not the immediate goal.  The immediate goal is to meet almost all of your energy demands indigenously while reducing your dependence on conventional energy sources to a great extent.  Current technology can help you reduce your conventional energy consumption by almost 70-80%.

You can further optimize consumption by insulating your doors and windows (incidentally, Sungate Energy Solutions provides cutting-edge insulation services too). Our solar panels can be installed on your rooftops as well as open land around your house or business establishment.

If you’re living in Phoenix, Arizona you may get lots of tax benefits and added financial assistance from federal and private agencies trying to promote renewable energy usage throughout the state.  Normally it takes 3-4 years to recover the costs but given the conditions in Arizona you may recover your costs even earlier.

Photovoltaic solar panels from Sungate Energy Solutions are totally non-intrusive.  They easily blend into your current external design while providing uninterrupted electricity for almost all of your appliances.  Contact us for more detailed information.

Renewable energy means deriving energy from resources that are not going to deplete with ongoing usage.  The big problem with conventional energy sources is that the more you use them the less they are going to last.  For instance, all the energy that you’re getting for your home or business establishment is generated by burning fossil fuels.  A small percentage of energy is produced by nuclear technology but it is very costly and we have not been able to ascertain exactly how much benefit they carry in terms of reliability and risk.

Solar energy, on the other hand is infinitely renewable and no matter how much we use it we are never going to run out of it.  Another great advantage of using solar energy is that it produces zero pollution.  Fossil fuels on the other hand generate massive amounts of greenhouse gases that are released into the atmosphere with alarming speed.  This is the reason why Sungate Energy Solutions is investing so much time and money into developing devices and technologies that can tap into the potential of the sun and create an infrastructure that can go on producing energy for you, literally, forever.

Whether you use coal or petrol the world is soon going to run out of them.  We may use them for another 30-40 years or even less but after that we definitely need some other energy sources.  Even if you use hydroelectricity water is rapidly becoming a scarce commodity with the population of the world increasing in leaps and bounds.  Sungate Energy Solutions is heavily focusing on developing and promoting technologies that depend less on resources that are depleting and more on renewable and affordable resources.

Photovoltaic solar panels not only produce energy with the help of an endless source (the sun) it also saves you lots of money.  There is no recurring production cost when your solar panels absorb light and produce energy in return.  The light is everywhere around you and nobody can claim to produce it or dig it out — it is just there because the sun is constantly sending it to us. The light is constantly being renewed and hence it is called a renewable energy sources.  The only cost you have to bear is the installation cost.  But this too is so heavily subsidized by the government (in order to promote renewable energy usage among the residence of the United States) and you can recover your costs within 2-3 years.  Even this installation cost is rapidly coming down as the technology improves further.

Just by making very small lifestyle changes you can make a big impact on the way we leave this planet for our future generations.  Start adopting renewable energy methods and put a cap on the amount of carbon dioxide and other poisonous gases we constantly produced in order to get energy.  Call Sungate Energy Solutions and be a part of the new generation revolution.

Whether life on this planet is in peril due to global warming is an opinion that varies according to what camp you belong to but if you’re looking for signs that should worry you, you will find thousands of them, the latest being an unprecedented heat wave in Russia causing devastating forest fires and killing 700 persons every day due to the smoke.  Of course you can dig out various “natural reasons” for such anomalies but weathers and climates going astray, inexplicable draughts and floods, rapidly vanishing biodiversity and disappearing forests, melting glaciers and breaking ice masses at the polar ice caps are screaming indications that something not very pleasant and safe is happening with our planet — so far the only place we have.

But the good news is that salvation is still possible.  We just have to make small changes and adjustments and our future generations will be thankful for them. Both individuals, and high-tech organizations like Sungate Energy Solutions are strenuously pursuing innovations that can produce lasting clean energy sources and devising ways and changes people can help preserve the fragile life on earth.

One of such revolutionary change can be changing the way you get power.  Right now millions of tons of fossil fuel is continuously burned to generate power for families, businesses, transport and industries.  The conventional form of producing and consuming energy causes double damage — you are using resources that are depleting with great speed and putting lots of stress on the ecology and the environment and you are pumping into the atmosphere millions of tons of greenhouse gases everyday and heating up the earth.

This is a monumental tragedy first, because it can be catastrophic within a few decades and second, it can be so easily avoided.  Take for instance reducing your energy consumption from conventional sources; all you have to do is install solar panels and heating devices powered by the sun.

Sungate Energy Solutions provides cutting-edge solar energy technology that can produce up to 70% of your energy needs and this means once you have installed the solar panels on your roof you can reduce your consumption of conventional energy by 70% and this is a significant proportion. Since the current technological advances cannot provide you 100% energy you are still connected to your main power lines so that whenever you need more energy you can obtain it from your old connection: it happens automatically and you don’t have to do anything.

Not sure what sort of rooftop panels your household or business establishment would require?  Just give us a call and our engineers from Sungate Energy Solutions will promptly pay you a visit and conduct an assessment and afterwards present you an appropriate solar energy solution.

You don’t buy this global warming “fear mongering”?  Even if that’s the case just think how much money you can save by relying on the sun rather than the conventional energy sources powered by coal and petroleum.  Installing solar panels is just a one-time cost and there too you get heavy subsidy from the government. Even according to conservative estimates you can recover your initial cost in just three years. After you have recovered your installation cost you get your energy — most of it — for free.  You may have to bear some maintenance cost but that’s negligible compared to what you save.

Whatever you believe in, getting rooftop solar panels is anyway a win-win decision; whether its global warming or mounting energy costs you benefit in both the cases.

As they say money saved is money earned. Insulated windows from Sungate Energy Solutions can help you drastically reduce your energy costs by maintaining a favorable level of temperature inside your premises.

Your heating and cooling devices need to work extra hard when your windows and other ventilation points are not properly insulated.  Insulation prevents the inside air from going outside and outside air from coming inside.  In winter the outside air is cold and the air inside your house is warm. If the insulation is not properly done the warm air from inside escapes and in order to maintain an acceptable degree of temperature your heating system has to employ more power.  Similarly during warm weather your cooling system may have to work harder if all the time it has to cool the warm air coming from outside through the faulty insulation.

And it is not just your windows and ventilation points from where the heat or the coolness is escaping.  The favorable temperature can also escape from your ceiling and walls so they also need to be well-insulated.

Highly efficient insulation systems from Sungate Energy Solutions can reduce your cooling and heating costs by as much as 40%. Considering that an average US household spends around 44% of the total amount of energy spent on heating and cooling, this can certainly make a big difference. Our double insulation systems are highly effective, affordable and nonintrusive. They can be easily installed from the inside without breaking or modifying anything. They completely blend with your interiors and enhance the beauty of your Windows. The strong insulation keeps dust, noise and above all the unfavorable temperature out.

Wondering what type of insulation is good for your house or office?  Sungate Energy Solutions provides free consulting – we can assess your insulation requirement and suggest a solution accordingly.  We will carefully study your existing heating or cooling system and then carry out insulation that is completely tailored to your requirement. Our insulation solutions are highly affordable, easy to install and easy to maintain. We can carry out window installations for all sizes and inclinations.  Double and triple paneling not only helps you keep bad weather out it also makes your window glasses stronger.

Quality window insulation saves you a significant amount of money and helps you curtail your fossil-fuel consumption too. So much fossil fuel can be saved by simply optimizing the way we use it. It’s always prudent to keep abreast with the latest trends in the production of clean energy and adopt them, but conserving energy derived from conventional (often polluting) sources too can help you move your lifestyle towards a cleaner and less polluted environment.

Are There Disadvantages of Solar Power?

Sungate Energy Solutions aim to make information about solar power more readily accessible to the general public, and make it acceptable to them. All alternate energy sources have drawbacks, and that is why the world has not been able to settle on one unanimously. As such, it is also very important for you to know the potential disadvantages solar power can have in order to make the most informed decision.

The first consideration that pops into everybody’s mind at the slightest mention of solar power is the cost. However the costs have been going steadily down for the last few decades, and are projected to do the same as the technology becomes for feasible. However, you should know that photovoltaic cells are still quite expensive to come about. This is because producing every single one of these chips is a long and arduous process, and this cost is then passed on to the final consumer. Instead of focusing on just the initial cost, it is important to weight up the fact that your solar system will pay for itself in just 6-10 years, and after that all of your power will be free.

The next important point to deliberate on is location. There are only a handful of places on earth where the sun doesn’t penetrate: places near the equator especially have an abundant supply of sunny days to be able to make solar power feasible and favorable. However, landscapes with many hills, trees or tall buildings nearby could greatly hinder the effectiveness of solar power in some areas.

Similarly, some of the solar powered technology available today is quite large in size. It requires a large flat area for proper installation and to remain functional. This is possible to adjust on the roof of most houses however.

For these reasons, many people shirk away from using solar power. However research by Sungate Energy Solutions is proving that there really are very few disadvantages of solar power.

How does solar power work?

The team at Sungate Energy Solutions believe that the first step in promoting an understanding of solar power is to make the average person aware of how it actually works. As the next few paragraphs will show, there is more than one answer to this question.

The easiest and cheapest way of incorporating solar power into your life is through passive solar power. This harnesses the existing environment and weather conditions to keep the interior of your building cool during the warm seasons, and warm during the cooler seasons. Things as simple as opening or closing the curtains can be counted as passive solar power.

Thermal solar power is a step above this, and involves magnifying the sun’s heat and directing it onto water, solids, or a mixture. So, for example, we have thermal heaters, dryers and cookers that work exclusively on solar energy. The great thing about these is that they incur no additional fuel costs, and so far, are exempt from fuel taxes as well!

The most complicated method, as Sungate Energy Solutions professionals will tell you, is the photovoltaic solar power. This method involved converting the light from the sun into electricity. Most of these are installed on rooftops, and basically involve several sheets of negative and positive silicon pressed against and under a glass sheet. When these sheets are pressed against each other, an energy field forms, and when sunlight hits this energy field, it produces electricity. These solar powered cells can then produce and store electricity and have known to work for more than forty years with little to no subsequent maintenance.

Tankless hot water systems from Sungate Energy Solutions give you an unlimited supply of hot water.  The problem with the conventional way of getting hot water at home is that you keep running out of it at crucial moments (your body covered with soap and all of a sudden there is no hot water in the tank!) Because the hot water is stored in a tank and as soon as that tank is empty you have no hot water.  A tankless hot water system on the other hand creates hot water on demand, that is, you can get hot water for as long as you need it.  The temperature of the water you’re using is raised in real time.

The upside of getting tankless hot water is that you get running hot water all the time but the downside is — if you are using conventional methods to heat up your water — you have huge power bills.  Lots of gas or electricity is needed to create hot water on the go.  Sungate Energy Solutions can help you get rid of this nagging problem by tapping into the sun’s energy.

If you live in a sunny area or comparatively hotter region then getting tankless hot water systems installed is the best way to go.  They use the sun’s energy to give you hot water as and when you need it with a temperature you prefer.  You can also get individual units installed for individual needs.  For instance if you require a unit just to get hot water for your tea or coffee you can have a smaller unit — they are normally termed as point-of-use units.  For a bathroom that is used by a couple you can have a bigger tankless hot water unit. You can also have dedicated units just for washbasins and toilets, and so on.  They also come for larger families.

Tankless hot water systems are ideal in the regions where we get plenty of sun and fortunately California is one of such places. The good news is that you can get hot water using Sungate Energy Solutions even if your region doesn’t get much sun.

And what about night?  You can either install a well-insulated tank to store hot water or you can create a schedule in which most of your hot water needs are met with during the day.  More advanced systems can leverage the solar thermal power collected during the day even at night.

Sungate Energy Solutions can help you reduce your energy bills by letting the sun heat up your water on daily basis.  This is the most efficient way of getting hot water as you don’t end up heating the water even when you don’t need it.

Tankless hot water systems from Sungate Energy Solutions can be easily installed on your rooftop without spoiling the beauty of your house.  The panels can be easily fitted on to your rooftop where they can get the most of the sun.  Tankless hot water systems take you a step closer to using renewable and cleaner energy sources rather than burning fossil fuels and causing irreparable damage to the environment.

Sungate Energy Solutions works hard to make sure you come to them for your solar energy needs before going to other solar energy companies that will take advantage of the energy crisis to profit from you. The reality is that all solar energy companies provide you with products that are made to capture the energy from the sun. Sungate, however, will be certain that the solutions they provide you with are only those that you need to get the most from your investment. They also offer only the highest quality products made from the best materials so that they are durable and reliable.

Go to www.thesungate.com to learn more about the commitment of Sungate before you consider any other solar energy companies for your solar energy needs. They will provide you with a free quote and then send an expert to your home to evaluate your needs. Once they have taken the details of your home into consideration, they will engineer a solar energy solution that is right for you. Sungate is proud to take an active role in the communities where they work and they have a reputation for the quality products and services they offer. Unlike other solar energy companies, the bottom line isn’t casing in on the energy crisis but doing everything they can to save you money and improve the environment through the use of solar energy.

To learn more about the company that is at the top of the list for solar energy companies, go to www.thesungate.com. They will be happy to help you with any questions you may have.