A couple things to note here - Not every house is sited well, this can cause more panels to be mounted for a given kW output, if there is space and light for them.
Incentives need to to be checked for EACH location and there is no consistency from state to state, and municipality to municipality. The less expensive panels and inverters are not as risk free as the higher end equipment. The output will drop more over time. I chose to own my system and spec'ed the best equipment. My Sunpower panels can make the level of power we use because they make more watts per area on my smallish roof. Also these panels will have better efficiency at the end of warranty (25 years, bonded, parts and labor) than any of the other panels currently available will have when new. That is essentially prepaid repairs until far beyond payback. I am sure panels will improve. My cost per watt installed is quite a bit higher $5.35/W before incentives and $1.85 after , but the payback is still there. And the risk is much lower. Another issue often overlooked is homeowners insurance. I now have a system with a replacement cost of $30K, which is significant. How does that work with anything other than owned by homeowner systems? Not a rhetorical question, I do not know. What if, you had a twister take it all away? What is you liability and responsibility then? I am interested in Solarcity. They offer a way for people with less funds and credit to get solar on their house. But, I have not figured out quite how they operate in all the various situations that people find themselves in vis a vis their utility and local government. On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Robert Bruninga via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > A friend said they got a Solar City Quote for $8k for a 6 kW system here in > Maryland. That’s under $1.50 a watt installed! > > > > That is a one-time fully pre-paid upfront lease. Pay it once and free > electricity for the next 20 years. The homeonwer can buy out the array any > time from now till then for under $4k now and it tapers down over time. > > > > Note, this is about HALF what an outright purchase would cost up front ($3 > a watt) of which the homeowner who purchases it would get HALF of that > back in Federal, stte, and local tax credits immediately. SO it really is > a wash between outright purchase and fully-prepaid lease, but with the > lease, you don’t have to do any of the paper work, and Solar City maintains > the system guaranteed for 20 years. > > > > This is amazing. (considering the panels cost $0.85 a watt.) > > > > Charge your EV from solar. Instant come-back to carbon deniers who love to > point at coal-stack electricity to justify their EV hatred. > > > > Bob, WB4APR > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140629/5e9b88b0/attachment.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * Tell me what it is you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver, "The summer day." To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk [email protected] <[email protected]> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140629/cad15b09/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
