With the trend towards greener and more environmentally friendly products, there are a number of new solar powered items available on the market, and one that is aimed at homeowners is solar roof tiles. These operate the same way as regular photovoltaic solar panels do, but provide you an opportunity to install your own solar system and incorporate it directly into the design of your home.
If you are in a time frame where you need a new roof anyways and have been considering installing a renewable energy resource system, doing both with the installation of solar roof tiles will hit both of those targets at one time!
The benefits of solar roof tiles include being able to capture light from just daylight instead of direct sunlight. This means that even on cloudy days your roof will be accumulating the suns energy for a power supply. They sit on your roof and are the same size and shape as regular tiles, so they don