Comments on: Minnesota’s First Community Solar Project Doubles Down On Local http://cleantechnica.com/2012/12/17/minnesotas-first-community-solar-project-doubles-down-on-local/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 06:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Tim Gulden http://cleantechnica.com/2012/12/17/minnesotas-first-community-solar-project-doubles-down-on-local/#comment-144263 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:28:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=46269#comment-144263 I applaud community solar and hope MN passes community solar laws like Colorado but a 25 year payback using Xcel Rebates is way too high. Using Xcel Solar Rebates my client’s are now seeing at best 4 year paybacks on business solar PV systems and 7 years on residential solar PV systems, and they own them to boot!. Solar PV Systems in non-Xcel areas would still have around a 12 year payback using conventional solar modules. The above idea is great but the costs look to be way too high.

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