Comments on: University of Delaware to Save $30,000 a Year with Solar Power System

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:38:00 +0000

What a joke. Today is a sunny day and they are generating 210 kw not a megawatt. It’s all part of UD’s creative accounting and the shell game they play with funds. I’m sure the Federal grant and State rebates aren’t mentioned either. Shame

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Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:01:16 +0000

[…] power system becomes operational next year. The University of Delaware is also planning to install roof-top solar power systems which are likely to generate annual savings of […]

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:36:44 +0000

the university and installer have worked out a deal — lower upfront cost and a guaranteed, long-term contract (if i remember correctly now)

By: Green Directory

Green Directory — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:54:30 +0000

Maybe if they keep this up, They can lower tuition by couple thousand.

By: Bill Woods

Bill Woods — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:28:21 +0000

“This is 1/3 to 2/3 the cost of the system (which has a price tag of $90,000), …”

That $90k isn’t the cost of the system, it’s just part of the cost of installing the system:

“The cost to UD for its new panels is about $90,000, mostly to reconfigure old rooftops to accommodate solar equipment. The university’s supplier, Standard Solar, pays the price of the panels and installation. UD agrees to buy the energy from Standard Solar produced at a rate 15 percent below what it pays now.”
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20101114/NEWS03/11140372/1008/Campuses-go-solar [p.2]

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:27:07 +0000

1 MW for $90,000?! That is way too cheap. What is missing from this cost.

At this price I want the name of the installer, need them to do the same on my towns school roof’s ASAP.