I have a business that uses about 15KW around the clock, costing about $1500/month. If I put in 50KW of solar panels and tried to store energy from day to night, the panels alone would cost $250k, then probably add 50-100% for a full installation with building modifications. My electricity cost is in NY, approx twice the cost of many other states, but still if you add any interest/time value of money, things need to change a lot before this works. Lee Haefele ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Lynch" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 5:00 PM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Solar panels: Grid parity
> ken wrote: >> I agree but not for the reason that I think solar cost will reduce. I >> think oil is going way UP. Then solar will be cheaper in comparison. >> Still won't be affordable for many. >> >> >> >> > At that time, the utilities and others selling power to the utilities > will probably be responsible for furnishing the cheaper electricity from > solar panels. > > The reason that the average guy won't be able to afford solar, even > though it will be cheaper over the long run, is the capital cost. > Utilities are used to paying big bucks for energy sources that won't be > amortized for a long time. Look at nukes. Some of those reactors > haven't quite paid for themselves yet. > > Because it is now legal for an entity to produce excess electricity and > sell it back to the power company, reduced solar costs will cause more > businesses to do just that. > > IMHO, when the oil goes way up and solar comes down a bunch, we'll see > both high end homes in the right climates and utilities (directly and > indirectly) using more solar. > > Jim. > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.50/2296 - Release Date: 08/11/09 06:10:00 _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
