[ausev] Residental Solar Power

[Dustin]

Does anyone have experience with solar panels for home use?  

A couple weekends ago the company solarcommunity.net was organizing neighborhood residents who may be interested in installing solar panels at home.  The business pitch is to get as many residents together to go in on purchasing to reduce the costs associated with installing a solar system.


I did my initial research and found that the cost of a 3k kw solar system of $20-23k with a cost to me of $9k (using Austin Energy and Federal rebates) would take about 20 years to pay back (with solar panels having a life of 25 years or so).  Ideally I could better invest my money in purchasing clean energy from Austin energy clean energy directly, but I am still planning to attend a meeting they are holding to hear their pitch and wanted to see anyone else's experience or thoughts on installing solar panels.

Thanks,
Dustin
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