[roc-chat] Re: Solar

From: RICK MASCHEK <rickmaschek@xxxxxxx>
To: roc-chat <roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 21:45:56 -0700
Hi Rich,
 
We looked at the 10K Bergy but we use less than $50 a month on average of 
electricity and so looked at 2K solar and found as John said, a 1 or 2K wind 
turbane would be best for us AND 1K systems can be roof mounted and with the 
higher than solar wind rebates, such a system is almost cost free after rebates 
but that is provided you grid connect and live in a "Hurricane Gulch". If you 
are looking to get off the grid, consider solar thermal for heating. We planed 
trees to shade our house in the summer and lots of south facing windows for 
passive heating in the winter (sometimes gets 85 in winter when outside is 
40-50 F). Also disconnected the electric heater for the spa when our electric 
bill increased $100 when we installed it. With a simple $100 solar panel, $20 
bulge pump and $40 black irrigation tubing, our spa heats itself, sometimes to 
110 F in the summer. And with the money I save I can buy more rocket stuff.
 
Rick
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> 
> From: "Rich Silva" <richsilv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [roc-chat] Re: Solar> Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 12:32:01 -0700
> 
> 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>
> 
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