Solar water heating systems, also know as “solar thermal systems,” provide hot water to a home replacing, or augmenting, an existing hot water heating system. In the Park City area, hot water from a solar thermal system is generally used to create hot water for cooking, laundry, bathing and driveway heating. Because of their lower cost and available incentives, these systems are easier for the average homeowner to afford than a photovoltaic system (solar electric). In Utah, solar hot water heating systems typically satisfy roughly 50% of the annual domestic hot water heating needs.

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