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Originally Posted by hotspur
I have just signed up for the federal governments $8800 rebate for solar
energy.We pay the remaining $3000,i dont pay anything untill i get
letter from government with approval for grant.the installer gets the rebate.
i pay him the $3000 when the solar panels are on house,
Worst case senario is that it only saves me $300 of my power bill
per year
the panels have 25 year garantee,life of 40 to 45 years
saves nearly 3 tonnes of carbon emsions.
per year
Why this country doesnt enforce and subsidize solar panels on every
house is beyond me,in Germany 15% of power is from house hold
solar and wind generaters,we have so much sun!
Hotspur
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My old man just went through this process. Only problem is that he earned more than 100K last year so he does not qualify for the rebate and he is retired now so won't get it done. I was there when the salemans was making his pitch asking curly questions of course
. The panels he was selling are only guaranteed from failure for 5 years but do have futher cover in that the cells will still operate at 85% of their stated output for up to 25 years. Truth be known we could generate all of our electrical power needs by using solar cells and fuel cells but theres still too much money to be made in crude sales.
Mark