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Solar: can you picture this?
Started by eds, Apr 15 2015 12:59 PM
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#2
Posted 20 April 2015 - 12:45 AM
Can Centralized Fossil Fuels, compete against, Distributed Free Renewables?
Last year it was the biggest utility in Europe, E.ON,
. . . that announced dramatic plans to effectively
. . . dump its conventional, centralized fossil fuel generation assets in a separate company, and
. . . focus instead on distributed generation, including solar, storage, and micro-grids.
This year, it is NRG, the biggest generation company in the USA,
. . . is NOT considering divesting fossil fuels any time soon,
. . . but it is looking at distributed generation, including solar, storage, micro-grids, and electric vehicles.
04-20-2015 Source: Utility of the future
Last year it was the biggest utility in Europe, E.ON,
. . . that announced dramatic plans to effectively
. . . dump its conventional, centralized fossil fuel generation assets in a separate company, and
. . . focus instead on distributed generation, including solar, storage, and micro-grids.
This year, it is NRG, the biggest generation company in the USA,
. . . is NOT considering divesting fossil fuels any time soon,
. . . but it is looking at distributed generation, including solar, storage, micro-grids, and electric vehicles.
04-20-2015 Source: Utility of the future
#3
Posted 21 April 2015 - 05:23 AM
Solar cost per Watt
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1953 = $1,785.00
1975 = $101.05
2012 = $1.30
2015 = $.70
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1953 = $1,785.00
1975 = $101.05
2012 = $1.30
2015 = $.70
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#4
Posted 21 April 2015 - 10:44 AM
How much electricity should my system produce?
Get 12 months' worth of your homes power bills, to determine the appropriate system size.
How much should you expect to pay?
Solar is often priced on a per watt basis.
. . . $3.00/watt would mean that you would pay:
. . . $3,000 for 1000 watts, or
. . . $12,000 for 4000 watts.
When looking over a bid from a solar contractor,
. . . be sure that you are not paying more than,
. . . about $4.00/watt on roof mounted standard panels.
If you choose to install a ground mounted system, or
. . . add batteries you might expect to pay more.
04-21-2015 Source: Getting Solar
Get 12 months' worth of your homes power bills, to determine the appropriate system size.
How much should you expect to pay?
Solar is often priced on a per watt basis.
. . . $3.00/watt would mean that you would pay:
. . . $3,000 for 1000 watts, or
. . . $12,000 for 4000 watts.
When looking over a bid from a solar contractor,
. . . be sure that you are not paying more than,
. . . about $4.00/watt on roof mounted standard panels.
If you choose to install a ground mounted system, or
. . . add batteries you might expect to pay more.
04-21-2015 Source: Getting Solar
#5
Posted 03 June 2015 - 10:26 AM
The value of distributed solar + Storage:
. . . Lowering conventional electricity market prices, due to reduced demand.
. . . By using FREE renewable fuel, rather than variably-priced fossil fuels
. . . Avoiding centralized costs to build, operate and maintain, generation, transmission, and distribution.
. . . Reducing outages due to a more reliable, distributed electric power system
. . . Reducing future costs of mitigating the environmental impacts of generation
. . . Enhancing tax revenues associated with local job creation,
. . . . . . which is higher for solar than conventional power generation
06-03-2015 Source: Distributed solar
. . . Lowering conventional electricity market prices, due to reduced demand.
. . . By using FREE renewable fuel, rather than variably-priced fossil fuels
. . . Avoiding centralized costs to build, operate and maintain, generation, transmission, and distribution.
. . . Reducing outages due to a more reliable, distributed electric power system
. . . Reducing future costs of mitigating the environmental impacts of generation
. . . Enhancing tax revenues associated with local job creation,
. . . . . . which is higher for solar than conventional power generation
06-03-2015 Source: Distributed solar
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