How Are Solar Panels Priced?
Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels are typically priced in dollars per watt ($/W). Sometimes you’ll see solar prices expressed relative to dollars per watt peak ($/Wp), dollars per watt AC or dollars per...
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The Cost of Solar is Shrinking, But So Are Solar Rebates
Data on the cost of solar installations are somewhat hard to come by. But, thanks to the Open PV Project, an initiative of the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), we’re continually getting a better...
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Will Solar Panels Make My Home Look Ugly?
Aren’t solar panels ugly? Whenever anyone expresses concern about how solar panels will look on the roof of their home, I almost always point to SunPower, a California-based manufacturer of solar...
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Residential Solar Power Cost in California
Go Solar California — a collaborative effort of the California Energy Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission — maintains some pretty interesting statistics on the state’s solar...
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This is Your Electric Bill on Solar Power
This is your electric bill. This is your electric bill on solar power. This example is taken from a solar cost analysis for a 5-kilowatt (kW) solar energy system for a homeowner in northern...
View ArticleSolar Installation Costs Vary By Home, Region
Unlike, say, a flatscreen TV — which costs about the same regardless of whether it’s purchased in California, Michigan or Massachusetts — the cost of a fully installed solar energy system varies a bit...
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Cost of Solar Power Declining, Report Says
Several days ago, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory — which is part of the Department of Energy — released a report outlining solar cost trends over the past decade. Dubbed “Tracking the Sun...
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How Solar Home Energy Systems Work
The vast majority of residential solar photovoltaic (PV) systems installed today are “grid-tied” systems. Instead of storing excess electricity in batteries, which can be expensive and require...
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Pennsylvania Is a Great Place to Install Solar Panels
Three years ago, Pennsylvania barely had a solar energy market to speak of. Now, the state is on track to become one of the nation’s leaders in clean solar energy. What happened? Two things: (1) In May...
View ArticleHow Do SRECs Work?
You may have heard about these things called “solar renewable energy credits” — or SRECs, for short. In states like New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maryland and a few others, homeowners and...
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