Solar energy is something you can do to help the environment.

Residential solar systems are helping New Jersey residents do something about the environment.  While the choice to go solar is often financial, it is nice to know that solar PV panels are just one more thing you can do to help New Jersey stay green.

A 7-kilowatt home solar system will prevent approximately… 

		
1,200 lbs of coal being burned	735 gallons of water from being consumed each month	2,100 lbs of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere

The Dirty Truth

• Every time you use an electrical device, pollution is being created somewhere at the other end of the wire. Electricity itself isn’t the problem. The problem is where our electricity comes from - over 70% of all utility electricity is supplied from power plants burning fossil fuels like coal, gas, and oil. They are responsible for about 40% of America’s annual carbon emissions.
  
  
• Solar energy is clean, renewable and sustainable.
  
  
• Solar energy reduces US reliance on overseas oil and gas by helping meet peak demand on our grid. In addition, solar energy creates green-collar jobs, creating wealth and fueling the local economy.
   

Climate Change

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts drastic negative effects if carbon dioxide emissions continue to grow, including:

• Increased risk of extinction for up to 30% of the world's natural species by 2020 and total extinction of 40% of the world's species by 2080.

• Increased natural disasters - such as flood, wildfire and storms.

• Increased mortality from heat waves, floods and droughts.

• Destruction of coral reefs and melting of polar regions, raising sea levels by 13 to 20 feet.

• Millions of deaths worldwide and enormous increases in poverty and hunger.

With worldwide global energy consumption expected to increase significantly in the coming decades, Geoscape Solar is committed to helping New Jersey residential solar customers contribute to reducing the environmental impact of energy consumption.