Comments on: Solar Panels?

By: sreeves_ithaca

sreeves_ithaca — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:18:59 +0000

In Kentucky, if you build over 500W, don’t forget that TVA will give you $500 and 15 cents per kWh for ten years just to buy your RECs. You need to do some complicated accounting to tell you what the cost is, since you’re buying something that will affect your finances far into the future.
There sure are a lot more incentives in KY for solar hot water than for solar PV. I would go with the hot water first, then use all the money you save to go with PV.
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http://www.dsireusa.org/
http://energyteachers.org
http://www.energy.ky.gov/dre3/renewable/solar.htm

By: man

man — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:43:59 +0000

total payout for my installment of my solar panels was $15 645.00,totally worth it cuz instead of a monthly power bill of 345.oo ,i sell to the hydro co. the power i don’t use and they give average 50 bucks a month,so i save 4700 bucks a year ,but i do have to change my batterys every 3-4 years at a cost of $600 x5,but do the math i still come out ahead and feel good about it,also you can look into wind power alot cheaper but not to reliable in nice weather
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By: dad

dad — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:01:59 +0000

The best place to get them cheaper then any place i have looked is in eBay just type in " solar panels " I run my entire house off them but i just buy the cells and build them myself that cuts the cost in half and a lot of fun once you master it but it does take a little skill .. I have a little over 2000 in the system not counting the battery’s . I have been using car batteries that i pick up at the junk yard for a little bit of nothing but you have to store them outside . Makes a great hobby to
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By: Keith J

Keith J — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:41:59 +0000

About 40 to 60 dollars
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By: brtbbsngnt

brtbbsngnt — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:34:59 +0000

Don’t know yet.There’s companies in Canada making them.And There’s some being made in China now.I would imigine the cost will come down on them in time.Because we will run out of Natural Gas.
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By: corkeoes

corkeoes — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:46:59 +0000

It all depends on how much energy you want. As a general guideline, the average cost for PV modules is about $5 per watt. So if you had a 10Kw house (which would be about three houses put together), it would cost you $50G to install all that. Though it’s good to have a combonation of power sources becasue sometimes it gets cloudy.
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By: guppygirl

guppygirl — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:13:59 +0000

Well, a good place to go if you’re looking for solar panels is http://www.savewithsolar.net. It doesn’t cost anything to install them. You only pay for how much electricity you use per watt for upto 25 years. If you have any questions, e-mail skiman1115@yahoo.com.
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By: spinzaar

spinzaar — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:53:59 +0000

id say about 20-30 K to get a small but valid system going. Solar panels begin to degrade in output after a about 6-7 years and need to be replaced.The price of this technology don’t seem to go down.
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