Going solar

User: arlenegenova@gmail.com

Vendor: Drive Green - Green Energy Consumers Alliance

Action: 2593 - Get Solar for your House!

The fourth year in living in our new/old (1781) home, our window air conditioners did not keep up on the hottest summer days.  We decided to take advantage of the sun beating down on our property and we installed a 22 panel, 8 kW solar system with battery (Generac).  Last year our system exceeded expectations producing about 1.1 MWh with all the savings that implies (see electric rate increase last year).  We also signed up to sell our battery energy back to the grid ($2.25/kWh) for additional savings.  After a year and a half, we are thrilled with the performance of our solar installation.  When we added our solar system, we also installed mini-splits for cooling our home.  (The combination of solar power with mini-split heat pumps seems compelling enough to be offered as a package by appropriate vendors.)