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How does a Photovoltaic Solar system investment make you money? 1.Free Electricity - Once the solar system is paid off, in about 8-10 years, it will save you tens of thousands of dollars over the life of the system. (25-40 year system life) 2.Federal Tax Credit - Refunding 26% of every dollar investing in building [...]
Let me try and help you decipher your Xcel bills to help you understand what you can and cannot glean from the data Xcel provides you. First, you cannot judge what is happening with your solar system by the kWh purchased from Xcel nor dollars you pay them on your utility bill. Xcel provides a [...]
The answer is yes and no. No you cannot likely afford enough batteries to power your entire home if the grid is down for a week. But yes you can power the Critical Load items of your home or business from a photovoltaic battery backed-up system. If we use a 10kW photovoltaic system as our [...]
Adding solar PV to your structure typically will not lower your natural gas bill, just your electric bill. But one does have the opportunity while sizing the solar PV system to make changes to how you use energy that will lower the natural gas bill. You have the option to swap your gas hot water [...]
Depending on how much you are you currently spending for electricity, but the goal is to save you your entire electric bill every months for the next 40-45 years. That is assuming you have an adequate sized roof or area on the ground to build a solar system that can power 100% of what you [...]
Yes, if you have the skills and are able to be working on a roof in a safe manner it is not rocket science. However, often the price a consumer can buy the equipment online is equal to the price a solar integrator can sell the equipment and provide the labor to perform the installation. [...]
Thin film solar power is an alternate technology for turning the sun’s photons into electricity as apposed to the original method using silicon crystal based solar cells. The thin film panels offer some advantages over silicon cells but at this stage of their development they are not as efficient nor less expensive per watt so [...]
To decode which of the hundreds of solar panel manufactures is the best, requires first for one to answered what one is trying to achieve? The simple answer is that the best warranty, the highest efficiency, and best performing solar PV panel from a known manufacture is unquestionably the best. But not everyone may need [...]
When the utility grid power goes off, most solar PV system will shut down automatically. This is a built in safety feature to protect the power company’s linemen working on the wires from being electrocuted by solar PV power back flowing to the grid and electrifying power lines the lineman assumed were turned off. However, [...]
Any garage roof that is part of the same property can have the solar panels mounted their instead of the home or in addition to the home. If it is an attached garage then most definitely and very easily. If it is a detached garage the answer is still yes, the only question is how [...]
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