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southern MN | Thanks for sharing the numbers.
Fine with me for folks to take advantage of programs offered.
Net metering is kind of a double edged sword. It allows you to use the power company for free battery storeage of your electricity you generate.
If you generate electricity when noe is really needed, and then you use electricity at other periods of time when others also have high demand it costs all of us a lot.
The power company ends up wasting what you generated, and then has to build and maintain equipment and use the energy to resupply you with electricity when you are using it.
All together that gives a solar installation a payback of 10 years and profits after that; but it costs everyone else in the system increased electric rates to make it happen.
I'm not against new energy sources, and I understand as with ethanol they need seed money and an opening to get established, and I understand over a wide region the demand and supply effects can even put somewhat on an interconnected grid.
But. Still. We should acknowledge that the system is raising electrical costs for all, and creating more peak energy equipment that used to be needed.
I am seeing lots of acres covered in solar panels the past 5 years around here in energy farm giant scale deals.
And many small 2-10 panel ground setups out on farms.
There is certainly a lot going up.
I see very few on roofs, nearly everything is standing on its own dirt.
Paul
Edited by paul the original 4/3/2018 13:27
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Solar panel on hog barn??
