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Mr. Laz 09-13-2016 02:16 PM
Good to hear it's progressing.

Still far,far behind of what is should be.

Hope see solar in the sun states, wind in the windy states etc,etc.

Renewable needs to be the majority not the rarity, especially when it comes to cars.

Cars on 100% renewable would neuter the middle east.

TigeRRUppeRRcut 09-13-2016 02:17 PM
This country needs nuclear energy..

scho63 09-13-2016 02:19 PM
There has been a push by companies that the government was helping to help finance adding solar to peoples homes in unique financing deals.

Solar City, Vivant Solar and Xoom Solar are have pushed creative leasing and power purchase arrangements that have made their own financial standing a little shaky.

Going to be interesting to see if the subsidies are going to be renewed.

Mr. Laz 09-13-2016 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by scho63 (Post 12424111)
There has been a push by companies that the government was helping to help finance adding solar to peoples homes in unique financing deals.

Solar City, Vivant Solar and Xoom Solar are have pushed creative leasing and power purchase arrangements that have made their own financial standing a little shaky.

Going to be interesting to see if the subsidies are going to be renewed.
Depends on who gets elected POTUS and what happens in congress.

Nickhead 09-13-2016 02:28 PM
i love stories like this:

https://www.fastcoexist.com/3059918/...ople-to-use-it

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On Sunday, May 8, sun and wind energy was so bountiful in Germany, that the utility had to pay people to use it all up. Due to weather conditions that day, the combined spike caused renewable to make up 87% of the country’s total energy consumption, if only briefly.

"This day shows again that a system with large amounts of renewable energy works fine." Christoph Podewils of the think tank Agora Energiewende told Quartz.

DaneMcCloud 09-13-2016 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by scho63 (Post 12424111)
There has been a push by companies that the government was helping to help finance adding solar to peoples homes in unique financing deals.

Solar City, Vivant Solar and Xoom Solar are have pushed creative leasing and power purchase arrangements that have made their own financial standing a little shaky.

Going to be interesting to see if the subsidies are going to be renewed.
Solar City was purchased by Tesla.

As I've detailed in past threads, Solar City could only save me $300 per year, so I passed.

The Tesla battery seems to be the way to go.

Bwana 09-13-2016 02:54 PM
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Ha! Probably a good choice. Industry standard for human skull durability is well under baseball size.
You've got that right even for a hard head like myself. ROFL

Lonewolf Ed 09-13-2016 03:28 PM
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Check out Denmark for more stories you will love! They have been selling excess electricity from wind generators to Germany, Sweden, and Norway. It's very exciting to see the progress, and I have firsthand knowledge of some of the advances since my cousin over in Denmark is the CEO of a very successful energy company, EnergiDanmark.

Mr. Flopnuts 09-13-2016 03:40 PM
I know a couple of guys making well north of 200k a year selling solar. Maybe it's time to switch gears and start selling solar.

sd4chiefs 09-13-2016 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts (Post 12424240)
I know a couple of guys making well north of 200k a year selling solar. Maybe it's time to switch gears and start selling solar.
http://www.seia.org/state-solar-policy/california

There are currently more than 2,754 solar companies in California, employing 75,598.

lewdog 09-13-2016 05:06 PM
We run 80% solar at my house with two AC units and a pool. Saves me over $500 a year in electric bills, which includes factoring in our lease. Plus were are locked in with this rate while the electric companies continue to jack up their prices. So we will save more each year in the long run.

Once we get a new pool pump and more efficient AC units, we will likely be near 100%.

WINNING.

Chief Pagan 09-13-2016 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 12423958)
Tesla is making a "Gigafactory" outside of Reno. Most people may have heard about this and how it relates to their vehicle line, but they are also making a battery for homes. It's thought that the home battery will be around $3,000 for consumers, and will finally make sense financially.

I'm sure there are many of you out there that know more about this stuff than me, but apparently the Tesla home battery will enable you to store the surplus solar energy to use at other times.
For people out in some rural area not connected to the grid, this could make sense. For somebody connected to the grid with solar, I'm not sure the cost of the battery versus the amount of storage is going to make financial sense.

Chief Pagan 09-13-2016 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Laz (Post 12424103)
Still far,far behind of what is should be.

Hope see solar in the sun states, wind in the windy states etc.
Renewables would really be helped by having more long distance, high voltage lines. Instead of trying to store excess wind that is generated in the Kansas wind corridor, it should be shipped east. However, eastern utilities have lobbied against new lines (they don't want the competition) and it is always a hard fight to overcome NIMBYism with power lines.

Bwana 09-13-2016 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts (Post 12424240)
I know a couple of guys making well north of 200k a year selling solar. Maybe it's time to switch gears and start selling solar.
Yeah no doubt.

Hydrae 09-13-2016 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by scho63 (Post 12424111)
There has been a push by companies that the government was helping to help finance adding solar to peoples homes in unique financing deals.

Solar City, Vivant Solar and Xoom Solar are have pushed creative leasing and power purchase arrangements that have made their own financial standing a little shaky.

Going to be interesting to see if the subsidies are going to be renewed.
You want to accelerate the improvements of solar? Pass a law that says that any new big box store must have that flat roof covered in panels and be (as close as possible right now) self-sufficient. This would create a large market which would add more money into the industry and help push innovation. This would not be a noticeable cost to customers but should help to push overall costs of panels down just due to the increased volume.


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