Comments on: U.S. Navy Brings Solar Power to Pearl Harbor http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/09/us-navy-brings-solar-power-to-pearl-harbor/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: solarguru http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/09/us-navy-brings-solar-power-to-pearl-harbor/#comment-8472 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:12:08 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4412#comment-8472 Panels are good for up to 50 years. So you’ll get free electricity for 35 years after that. The panels loose a little efficiency and after 50 years are only 50% efficient. In 50 years, you’ll be able to replace them for 1/10 the price.

]]> By: solarguru http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/09/us-navy-brings-solar-power-to-pearl-harbor/#comment-25785 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:12:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4412#comment-25785 Panels are good for up to 50 years. So you’ll get free electricity for 35 years after that. The panels loose a little efficiency and after 50 years are only 50% efficient. In 50 years, you’ll be able to replace them for 1/10 the price.

]]> By: Claude Fregeau http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/09/us-navy-brings-solar-power-to-pearl-harbor/#comment-8471 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:51:16 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4412#comment-8471 It will take less than 15 years because of:

Primo: they calculate the economy of electricity during the PEAK period, and lowering the peak period will not only save electricity but will also lower their bracket of electricity cost per kw for the whole cost.

Secundo: the cost of energy will rise much faster than the inflation alone, thus reducing the ratio and diminishing the payback period.

Tertio: there is almost no maintenance to do while electricity produced with vapor or coal and turbines need a lot of maintenance cost.

Best regards

Claude

]]> By: Claude Fregeau http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/09/us-navy-brings-solar-power-to-pearl-harbor/#comment-25784 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:51:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4412#comment-25784 It will take less than 15 years because of:

Primo: they calculate the economy of electricity during the PEAK period, and lowering the peak period will not only save electricity but will also lower their bracket of electricity cost per kw for the whole cost.

Secundo: the cost of energy will rise much faster than the inflation alone, thus reducing the ratio and diminishing the payback period.

Tertio: there is almost no maintenance to do while electricity produced with vapor or coal and turbines need a lot of maintenance cost.

Best regards

Claude

]]> By: Medisoft http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/09/us-navy-brings-solar-power-to-pearl-harbor/#comment-8470 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:38:45 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4412#comment-8470 So how long will it take it to pay for itself? Just wondering because I looked into solar for my home and it was going to take like 15 years or so.

]]> By: Medisoft http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/09/us-navy-brings-solar-power-to-pearl-harbor/#comment-25783 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:38:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=4412#comment-25783 So how long will it take it to pay for itself? Just wondering because I looked into solar for my home and it was going to take like 15 years or so.

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