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Ok. Here's my solar options: -- (edited)

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) May 11 '22, 06:35

Certasun (local Illinois installer):
18 SunPower M-Series 425W panels
10,460 kWh production
$26,775 before incentives
$16,904 incentives
$9,872 net cost

Sunbadger Proposal 1 (another local):
21 X LONGI LR4-60HPB-355M panels (355W)
7,455 kWh production
$24,659 before incentives
$14,181 incentives
$10,478 net cost

Sunbadger Proposal 2
21 Meyer Burger MB-BLACK-375 panels (375W)
7,875 kWh production
$28,943 payment
$15,921 incentives
$13,022 net cost

SunRun (nationwide vendor)
19 Q.PEAK DUO 400w Panels
7,600 kWh production
$26,459 payment
$13,758 incentives
$12,701 net cost

BlueRaven proposal (nationwide vendor)
18 REC 400W panels
7,200 kWh production
$24,977 payment
$14,525 incentives
$9,952 net cost

Responses:

Do you guys get to do net metering? -- nm - znufrii May 11, 08:16
given the extra production and lower cost, #1 seems a no-brainer. Any difference in how long expected to last? Or annual upkeep costs? -- nm - Beaker May 11, 06:51 1
- There's no real annual upkeep costs. The SunPower panels are listed at 22.8% efficiency and 92% output at 25 years. The REC panels are 21.6% and - oblique May 11, 06:53
buy quick - panels may become scarce -- (link) - decline May 11, 06:46
That production value is annual? -- nm - Reagen May 11, 06:43 20
- Yes -- nm - oblique May 11, 06:43 19
  - The math is off with the first one. -- nm - Reagen May 11, 06:47 18
    - heh -- nm - Beaker May 11, 06:50 1
      - (I laughed cause I though Reagen meant the $1 it was out :) ) -- nm - Beaker May 11, 07:21
    - Looks like I took their estimated usage. Should be 10,460 production (or is that not what you were referring to)? -- nm - oblique May 11, 06:49 15
      - The others are just taking the kW rating and assuming 1 hour of full production a day (a good ballpark - I get 1.14 over the full year). -- nm - Reagen May 11, 06:55 14
        
        The certasun guy said my "sun rating" or whatever was like a 92 and that anything over 70 was good. -- nm - oblique May 11, 06:57 13
        
        Do you happen to know your roof pitch? -- nm - Reagen May 11, 07:09 10
        
        B sharp. - Will Hunting May 11, 07:12 1
        
        Corner. Go. Now. -- nm - zork May 11, 07:13
        
        not offhand but here is a pic -- (pic) - oblique May 11, 07:11 [Attachment] 7
        
        Can't calculate without a reference but it looks shallow. You'll probably get "better" production in summer (edit: I'm dumb) -- (edited) - Reagen May 11, 07:17 6
        
        Our usage estimates are non-existant so I'm guessing left and right about what we will use. The 10kWh option seems by far the most attractive both - oblique May 11, 07:20 5
        
        I think they're giving a rosy estimate on production. -- nm - Reagen May 11, 07:26 4
        
        Well, I will say, they are guaranteeing 228,401 over 25 years so 9,136 kWh. Yes, less than the 10k quoted but still... -- nm - oblique May 11, 07:33 3
        
        As in they pay you if you don't hit that? - Reagen May 11, 07:40 2
        
        Yes. 12.4c/kWh for shortfall. I mean, who is to say that any of these companies will be around 25 years from now -- nm - oblique May 11, 07:47 1
        
        A kWh might cost a lot more than that in 25 years. -- nm - Reagen May 11, 07:52
        
        you should get a t-shirt that say 'My sun rating is a 92' -- nm - decline May 11, 07:00 1
        
        Suns out. Guns out. -- nm - oblique May 11, 07:00

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