{"id":158455,"date":"2022-05-30T15:56:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T15:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/34045031"},"modified":"2022-05-30T15:56:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T15:56:57","slug":"34045031","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/34045031","title":{"rendered":"Are solar panels worth your investment for an alternative energy solution amidst soaring bills?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by American Public Power Association on UnsplashWith the inflation and increasing prices on everything, it is worth asking whether or not investing in solar panels is worth the money? According to the International Energy Agency report, the global solar energy output for 2020 was 156 terawatt hours. Also, between 2020 and 2021 alone, the number of solar panels installed had shot up by more than 1.5%. Furthermore, it is estimated that the solar energy market will grow beyond $200 billion by 2026.With inflation on the rapid rise worldwide, many countries are on the verge of suffering an energy bill crisis. According to the Guardian, the bills may rise to 50% in the coming years. This has forced people to look for energy alternatives, like solar panels. However, the installation and maintenance also come with a price. This begs the inevitable question: are solar panels worth the money?Also known as photovoltaics, solar panels are made up of multiple silicon based<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by American Public Power Association on Unsplash. With the inflation and increasing prices on everything, it is worth asking whether or not investing in solar panels is worth the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}