What do you really save with solar energy? Solar companies talk about savings all the time, but that’s only part of the story. True, you can save money each month by switching to solar energy. But you can save more money—and a little more of everything—by going solar with SunPower.

Throughout the rest of 2021 we’ll be highlighting the many ways homeowners and businesses save more with SunPower. We can’t list them all in this post, but here are four of our favorites.

1. Save more money

Electricity rates are rising in many cities across the U.S. and utility companies charge more—they call it “peak time” rates—when they know you need it most. Generating your own clean energy is an excellent way to reduce your reliance on grid electricity and lower your electric bills with the free energy of the sun. And, if you get the most efficient panels on the market1, you can generate more power and savings in the same space.

In fact, the total monthly cost of your SunPower® solar system may be less than your monthly electric bill today. You could pay as little as $79 per month2 for a SunPower® solar system, and recoup the upfront cost with savings in as little as 10-15 years.3

2. Save your sanity

Let’s face it—power outages are simply part of our world these days. Adding SunVault™ storage to your solar solution helps you store your own energy on site and stay ready for the next outage. And unlike like some fossil-fuel generators, SunVault storage automatically detects grid interruptions and begins powering your home with clean, solar energy the moment you need it.4

Plus, with superior battery chemistry and twice the power of other solar storage systems on the market, you can run more of your home in an outage and still get more charge and discharge cycles out of your battery.

3. Save fossil fuels

If the recent surge of wildfires, winter storms and record-breaking temperatures have proven anything the past few years, it’s that the world needs cleaner energy. Yet only a small percentage of U.S. homes and businesses currently have solar.

Going solar helps reduce your dependency on fossil fuels like natural gas and coal. Choosing a company with a long-standing history of dedicated sustainability leadership, means saving more of those precious fossil fuels, and doing more to lower your own carbon footprint.

In other words, help save the world while saving money at the same time.

4. Save time

Adding solar to your home or business is a big investment. And, like most products, the quality of solar solutions on the market varies drastically from one solar company to the next. But going solar doesn’t have to be complicated.

This post originally appeared on the SunPower Resources Blog