Individually it's an interesting story, but on a mass scale it doesn't quite add up - yet.
We need to be installing these solar panels without subsidies (and including all install costs, labor etc) and still paying less than general utility fees over 10 years or so. When that happens, install growth will accelerate very quickly. Everyone and anyone that wants a job installing these things, will have one. The only issue might be what happens to the grid itself when all the paying customers start vanishing. That could be a problem.. On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Bob Higgins <[email protected]>wrote: > The way I look this is a little different. I was the first house in my > community of 50k to have PV. When I go to sell my house (which I plan to > do next year), if the solar power is the feature that attracts the customer > that buys my house, then it was paid back in that one instant. > > It has been in service for 5 years now. Before the PV was installed, my > winter electric bills were about $110/month (now 0). My summer bills were > about $220-$275 and now peak at about $70 for a maximum of 2 months. > > There is another unaccounted for effect with having PV installed. As you > become partly energy independent, you begin doing things to economize in > your energy usage you may have previously just ignored. You like seeing > your energy usage and bill go down - it is a feedback effect compelling you > to be ever more green. Soon you are the area energy champion! > > Besides that, I always wanted to. I designed the system myself, but I am > an EE. > > > On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Terry Blanton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Bob Higgins <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> >>> It works great. >>> >>> >> Is it cost effective? >> > >
