http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/22/solar-report-shows-30-decrease-in-cost-of-solar-over-10-years/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 10:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/22/solar-report-shows-30-decrease-in-cost-of-solar-over-10-years/#comment-7701 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:30:34 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3783#comment-7701 Strange claim. The net cost of installing solar power on my house in Santa Monica 10 years ago is within pennies of the bid I received to do the same job in April of this year. Even with the 30% Fed Tax credit on net costs. The advertised rebate from the local power company (LA DWP) at 48% never nets out to that so the LA DWP rebate is much lower (typically 30%). This makes the long term capital investment in the product not smart. In my case, 17 years. That’s too long to invest in current technology. Better to wait if you are interested in retrofitting an existing home in Southern California.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/22/solar-report-shows-30-decrease-in-cost-of-solar-over-10-years/#comment-24740 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:30:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3783#comment-24740 Strange claim. The net cost of installing solar power on my house in Santa Monica 10 years ago is within pennies of the bid I received to do the same job in April of this year. Even with the 30% Fed Tax credit on net costs. The advertised rebate from the local power company (LA DWP) at 48% never nets out to that so the LA DWP rebate is much lower (typically 30%). This makes the long term capital investment in the product not smart. In my case, 17 years. That’s too long to invest in current technology. Better to wait if you are interested in retrofitting an existing home in Southern California.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/22/solar-report-shows-30-decrease-in-cost-of-solar-over-10-years/#comment-7700 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:37:33 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3783#comment-7700 Where does someone go who may have a great idea on how to increase the efficiency of PV cells? Need a manufacturer of cells to pitch my idea too but haven’t found any companies that will respond to my efforts to contact them.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/22/solar-report-shows-30-decrease-in-cost-of-solar-over-10-years/#comment-24739 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:37:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3783#comment-24739 Where does someone go who may have a great idea on how to increase the efficiency of PV cells? Need a manufacturer of cells to pitch my idea too but haven’t found any companies that will respond to my efforts to contact them.

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