A week’s worth of noteworthy solar happenings: a new thin-film solar module constructed as a cylinder, the Army puts in a huge solar thermal plant, a winery in California gets the biggest solar panel system on a winery in the world, a MA utility looks at four locations for solar panel installations around Boston, and a few other goodies.
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A Busy Time for the Solar Industry
Posted by Margaret in Wednesday, October 8th 2008 under: Solar Commentary, Solar Financial Analysis, Solar Industry, Solar Technology, solar news Tags: army, CGIS, Massachusetts, National Grid, Solyndra, stocks, winery
Is Solar Power Right for You?: The Answer
Posted by Margaret in Wednesday, August 6th 2008 under: Residential solar, Solar Financial Analysis Tags: installing solar, Residential solar, solar guide
How to determine if a residential solar electric system is the right investment for you.
Thirteen years to Payback? You must be Joking!
Posted by Matt in Monday, April 7th 2008 under: Green Building, Payback, Residential solar, Solar Financial Analysis
Often times when home owners look at solar electric systems for their homes, the number of years to “payback” (time to recoup the initial capital investment) emerges as an important criteria in the decision process. Simply put: the longer the time period to payback, the less attractive the investment appears. Or is [...]
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