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  • partial_accumen
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    1 year ago

    Is that paying cash for the solar system or financing? Financing can devastate the ROI with interest rates today. I’m looking at as long as 12 year ROI with possibly as short as 7 year ROI if I consider the USA’s federal tax incentives. My slightly southern latitude (a border state with Canada) also likely contributes to slightly higher generation results using the same equipment.

    How are the government incentives in Canada? I’m super envious of your great hydro power, my neighbor.

    • JJROKCZ
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      101 year ago

      Bruh I got quoted 50k in St. Louis last year, would take decades for roi

      • partial_accumen
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        21 year ago

        $50k is a pretty large installation, 18kw-22kw I’d guess for solar only (no battery storage). I’m hoping thats only a max of 100% replacement of electricity sourcing (meaning essentially no net grid consumption after you’re installed). What’s the price per KWh for electricity delivered to your door in St Louis? Its gotta be pretty crazy cheap if you’re that large a consumer of electricity and you’re paying in cash with no battery, and still looking at multiple decades of ROI with the US federal tax credit.

        • JJROKCZ
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          11 year ago

          I don’t remember the kWh specs and price off hand but a decent portion of the cost was that I’m in a 1.5 story that faces S and have a lot of small roofs rather than one large roof so it’d be a bunch of panels that didn’t have full sun most of the day. Which is true of all hundred houses in my subdivision as well. Basically build of the house made this difficult or impossible

          • partial_accumen
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            11 year ago

            Does that mean a substantial portion of the $50k quoted was setting up lots of panels is many small spaces, (because of the broken up nature of the roof) and that perhaps the system was oversized its electrical capacity because of the assumption that it would only be fractionally efficient because of the substandard angles and shading? I could see that. Certainly roof designs and even large mature trees can make solar unfeasible in those situations…

            • JJROKCZ
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              11 year ago

              Maybe, I was so mad I didn’t even get more quotes, I should really do so but I was expecting 10-20 at most and hearing 50 kinda put me off the prospect for a while. Decided to spend effort on other home improvement we could see instead

        • JJROKCZ
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          11 year ago

          1800sq ft home, my power bill is a few hundred in the summer, I feel there just isn’t any competition here there only 2-3 companies doing it and they’re all small

            • JJROKCZ
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              11 year ago

              There almost 0 solar houses here, 1 in a hundred maybe. A few businesses have been doing it lately, I’ve seen 2 gas stations and several schools in the area do it. I’d like to get it done before my backwards ass state makes it illegal or something

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      In Canada you can get a 40k loan from the federal govt that is 0% interest on a 10 year term for doing green upgrades to your home. My solar generates more in credits than than the cost of the loan over the year. The Greener Homes Program is a bit of a pain to jump through all the hoops but getting thousands off in grants and a 0% loan is worth it.

      • Polar
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        11 year ago

        for doing green upgrades to your home.

        Who is owning a home in Canada lol. You’ll pay your landlord $3000 for 1000sqft or fuck off.

        • @[email protected]
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          01 year ago

          Not all of us live in big cities where we would need to cry over high rent and house prices.

          • Polar
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            11 year ago

            Even in the middle of nowhere a house is a million dollars.

            • @[email protected]
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              01 year ago

              They aren’t.
              I just moved last year.
              But keep hyperbolizing, it only undermines the point you seem to want to hammer on.

              • Polar
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                1 year ago

                … I also have eyes, and family in real estate. A tiny house an hour from any town is 1 million. A crack shack that needs to be demolished and rebuilt is 750K.

                Maybe you live in Alberta? The place no one wants to be?

                • @[email protected]
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                  11 year ago

                  Nope in BC in a little city. The cost of houses here is rarely 1 Million. You seem to just want to be mad about things even if you need to exaggerate to be able to stomp your feet like a toddler over it. Since you have some anger over this so I’m gonna bid you a good day since talking to you is pointless when facts don’t matter.

                  • Polar
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                    1 year ago

                    So because 1 city has affordable houses you talk for all of Canada? lmao.

                    Link me some realestate listings, please. I’d love to see these houses…