Planning for a home renewable energy system is something all Bicol homeowners must consider in this time of rapid inflation and supertyphoons. 

In this guide, we’ll go over everything you need to know about it to help you decide whether or not it’s worth it for you.

Renewable energy is power generated from sources that deplete and refill themselves at a rate that is manageable by humans. Energy from the sun, the wind, and the flow of water all count.

Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun that is captured and used to create electricity using a variety of technologies.

Benefits of Solar-Powered Energy

The positive effects of renewable energy on our economy, ecology, and health are extensive. 

If you live in the Bicol area, you can reap these rewards from switching to renewable energy solar-powered sources:

1. Unlimited power source

Solar energy is a renewable resource that may be collected using solar panels. In addition to being renewable, it is limitless.

2. Avoid Power Interruption

It is but one of the major dilemmas of every Bicolano homeowner. Among the frequent causes of power outages in the province are:

• Line clearing activities
• Hotspot correction
• Repair of primary outline
• Pole replacement
• Busted and overload transformers

All these, and probably even more causes, are the reasons why we experience constant power interruption, scheduled or not, during the summer season mostly and even at any other time of the year.

Solar energy source allows you not to worry if and when the next power outage or interruption will come.

This is especially important after the supertyphoons that constantly batter the Bicol region and leaves us with no electricity for more than two weeks afterwards. 

3. Short-Term Costs for Long-Term Benefits 

Although renewable facilities necessitate initial investments for construction, they can function at meager operating costs (as long as the sun goes up, the “solar energy” is free). 

Moreover, you can take out a loan for the upfront costs and use what you pay to the electric coop to pay for the bank loan instead.  After paying off your loan, the electricity is basically free (well except for the upkeep of the batteries and components) 

4. Reduced Electricity Bills 

Electricity bills are metrics on what we have to pay each month. Your energy consumption might have been the same for you for a long time now, but price hikes of electricity per kilowatt hour have become more and more difficult to bear, and this is projected to increase even more as the world economy goes into recession. 

As you create your own electricity with a home solar energy system, solar energy could reduce your utility expenditures by 30 to even 100%. Your home’s solar panels will allow you to consume power for nothing during the day and through the use of batteries during the night.

5. Stability 

This means a stable voltage (which is also a problem here) and a stable power supply.  No more power outages, post-typhoon blackouts, power surges, etc.

Stability could also mean stability in the price of electricity and freedom from the ever-increasing energy prices of the public power grid.

We are seeking to move beyond sustainability, and the Bicol Region’s abundance of renewable energy resources is a big reason why. 

Switch to the sun and start saving! The Bank of San Jose is now accepting Solar Financing to help you take another step toward sustainability.