On Apr 4, 1:52*pm, The Daring Dufas
wrote:
On 4/4/2011 4:35 AM, harry wrote:
On Apr 4, 3:17 am, *wrote:
* *We are talking about installations that can't
generate more than 10 kw - and more likely would only generate 5 or 6 kw
on a mid-summer day, with the bulk of that energy being consumed by the
home owner's own AC unit (I'm sure) with little or none to spare to be
injected back into the neighborhood grid.
Comments?
agreed, this is actually a bureaucratic *economics or business problem
and they are trying to call it a technical problem.
It isn't a technical problem.
Mark
The above comment is exactly right.
There is no technical problem. The PV array can be sized to overcome
any supply side issues. *What comes in can equally well go out.
But see diversity factor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_factor
This has the biggest bearing on the matter.
Sounds tome that there are politcal/financial matters yet unresovled.
I am having a 4Kwp array fitted to my roof in two weeks time. *(UK)
It's just *a money thing. I shall have a 12% return on capital.
Keep an eye on your solar array my friend, those things like air
conditioners around here are being stolen at an increasing rate.
People install them at their remote cabins or camps only to return
to a powerless abode. Thieves will steel them while a home owner
is asleep at night!
http://www.usedsolarpowerpanels.com/...ng-solar-panel...
http://preview.tinyurl.com/3cc3rkl
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I haven't heard about it over here yet. Just a matter of time I
suppose.
However we live in a bungalow so they are not high off the ground.
There is big problems with getting lead stolen off of roofs over here,
mostly churches. Small step to solar panels for the *******s.
I will give it some thought, I never considered the matter. You are
right. Maybe a motion sensor on the roof.
Any one that fits them and gets signed up, gets about $0.65/Kwh for
everything generated whether you use it yourself or not. You get an
extra $0.05 for every Kwh exported. Plus there is what you save off
your electricity bill.
I am having a 4Kwp array, this is the top of the smallest (highest
return band)
If you are retired, you can do a lot of power using activities around
midday on a sunny day.
If you bought an electric car, you could be truely green.