I heard that the solar rebates went away. Is this true? Matt On May 4, 2011 12:32 PM, "Rich Silva" <richsilv@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Although I'm in "Hurricane Gulch", we don't have that consistent a wind. and > my ranch style house pretty much fills the lot. So I really did not consider > Wind at all. I have a South West facing roof though. So figured that Solar > was my best bet. > > > > > > > > From: roc-chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:roc-chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of J. Wahlquist > Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 11:57 AM > To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [roc-chat] Re: roc-chat Digest V1 #27 > > > > Hi Rich, > > > > I didn't go with solar for my installation, but instead opted for wind > - for my location it made much better sense (or is that cents). However, the > company I used, Energy Options (http://www.energyoptions-wind.com/), does > solar as well as wind and I'm quite pleased with the work they did for me, > both in terms of workmanship, product delivered, and price. Schedule was a > little 'iffy' but that was more a result of local permitting hassles than > anything else. When are you considering doing this? Have you considered wind > instead? If you have an acre or more of land and good wind there is more > energy to be recovered from wind than from the sun, and the rebates per watt > (nameplate) are higher, thus making wind even more affordable. My > installation was rated 10 kW (nameplate) and qualified for a $3.00/watt > rebate from the CEC (California Energy Commision) - yep, you calcualted that > right - $3.00/watt x 10 kw = a $30,000 rebate. That plus a 30% tax credit on > the total installed price resulted in a total out of pocket cost for the > system of about $9K. Not too shabby. As wind is estimated to be an available > resource in my area at slightly over twice the time solar is available (on > average) it would have taken a 20 kW solar installation to generate an > approximately equivalent amount of electricity to what my wind turbine puts > out, and that would have been a bit cost prohibitive for me. Especially as > solar only qualifies for a $1.50/watt (nameplate) rebate (but you still get > the 30% of installed cost tax credit). Anyway, give EO a call and see if > they can do something for you. No harm in trying. > > > > <JSW> > > > > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 8:26 AM, FreeLists Mailing List Manager > <ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > roc-chat Digest Wed, 04 May 2011 Volume: 01 Issue: 027 > > In This Issue: > [roc-chat] [Off Topic] Solar Energy Recommendations? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: "Rich Silva" <richsilv@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [roc-chat] [Off Topic] Solar Energy Recommendations? > Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 08:26:11 -0700 > > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > I know its off topic (Rocket!)=85 > > =20 > > But have any of you (real=99) experience with any Solar Energy companies = > and > can make any recommendations=85 Feel free to contact me off chat=85 > > =20 > > Or lets discuss it here? > > =20 > > =20 > > =20 > > Description: Wizard Clip Art SigRichard Silva > > Silva Software Services =96 United States > > Phone: (310) 387-8364 <tel:%28310%29%20387-8364> > > Email: <mailto:RichSilv@xxxxxxxxxxx> RichSilv@xxxxxxxxxxx > > =FC Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > End of roc-chat Digest V1 #27 > ***************************** > > -- > ROC-Chat mailing list > roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > //www.freelists.org/list/roc-chat > > >