The Tesla powerwall is pretty cheap so I think they are onto something there. Should be interesting to see where this all goes in the next decade. The credits will go away or decrease substantially, but it will be so cheap that it won't matter anymore.
My guess is utility companies will still find a way to gouge you with "connection" fees just to stay connected to the grid. I think JEA already does this actually.
Quote:I am considering this and wondering what your experience has been like.
Ex. Does it power fully and does jea or your power company buy back extra or just credits.
Just looking for opinions or recommendations if you had a good or bad experience.
Different systems and installers opinions. Thanks in advance for any responses.
You seem to feel like you know all about it, so not sure why you bothered asking anyone else's opinion.
Yours seems to be made up already.
Quote:Seems a bit of you have not looked into solar in the last few years anyway. Thats ok.
I have one quote for a 10 kw system for roughly 30k. But after federal tax credits it is 20,900. It is capable of making over 18,000 kw a year. Which is about 1500 kwh a month pretty close to my monthly consumption. A little less rhan in july august and maybe jan feb. But more than we use in most months.
You can get a 100 percent financing and basically instead of paying jea you pay your loan.
I do not understand how the federal tax credit works.
I am with stroud croud a little it is just about right there.
If someone is quoting a 1500 kWh per month system for 30,000 jump on it that's a steal. You can't hardly buy everythin on your own and install for that price, where in florida do you live? If it's Jacksonville who gave your hat quote I'll call them tomorrow.
Quote:You seem to feel like you know all about it, so not sure why you bothered asking anyone else's opinion.
Yours seems to be made up already.
My mind is hardly made up from getting a few quotes and doing a little research. If I am considering tossing 30 grand out there I try to find as much about it as possible. U gotta problem with that?
Besides have not from anyone locally with a system installed yet. First hand experience is the best you can ask for IMO.
Eric I will pm you the info when get a chance.
Quote:So how big of a system did you need? How many kWh are you roughly using?
I know California has some good incentives for green energy so I imagine that helps.
I honestly have no idea anymore, I installed it last year and haven't thought about it since. I know powering the farm is roughly 3,000 kWh per year. I have no clue what the house uses.
It's actually two separate systems that credit themselves and then each other, which is then settled up at the end of the year. The credits don't carry over year to year.
Quote:I honestly have no idea anymore, I installed it last year and haven't thought about it since. I know powering the farm is roughly 3,000 kWh per year. I have no clue what the house uses.
It's actually two separate systems that credit themselves and then each other, which is then settled up at the end of the year. The credits don't carry over year to year.
That's not alot 3000 kWh for the year heck I use about half that every month, granted I'm in a mobile home but still our rentals always ran around 900 kWh a month.
Quote:Eric I will pm you the info when get a chance.
Thanks I'll look for it, we've been seriously trying to go solar for afew years but all the quotes I've gotten are way higher than what you got I'll call your guy for sure.
Quote:That's not alot 3000 kWh for the year heck I use about half that every month, granted I'm in a mobile home but still our rentals always ran around 900 kWh a month.
That's for the farm alone. The house uses way way more but I don't remember the figure.
Quote:That's for the farm alone. The house uses way way more but I don't remember the figure.
Ok that makes sense lol I was wondering how the hell you did so good!
What power ratings are solar PV panels available nowadays? Back when I was researching this a few years ago, the high end ones were about 300W per panel, but the efficiency was ridiculously low, less than 30% iirc, cost ran about $5/watt
A house like mines averages to about a little over 1000kWh/year, and I needed a 10kW system, so very costly
Check this site out, to estimate how much a certain size (kW) solar PV system is predicted to generate in your area on a monthly basis
http://pvwatts.nrel.gov/index.php
I think I'll just do it slowly, and concentrate on lowering my consumption piece by piece, and once I get it to around 800 kWh/month, then I'll consider looking into generation.
Cheapest way to start is to change out your lights to LEDs