does anyone know any good websites that can give me some information about the cost difference for solar/wind energies as opposed to what we usually receive from the electric company? or maybe differences in our elec. bill if i had solar/wind systems installed?
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Carrie,
If you are looking for a simple answer, you aren’t going to get it because there are just too many variables involved.
How do you want to deal with the high initial cost of the solar system?
For instance, I could make the case the solar generated power is essentially free for the life time of the panels. Let’s bring some actual cost figures into this discussion. I live in the Southwest with a lot of solar energy, but I have a large cooling load and a fairly large house needing cooling. Lets assume I need a 12 kilowatt solar panel to provide for my electrical needs.
http://www.americanpv.com/pdf/res_on/prices.pdf
Without incentives, that system will cost me $ 83,000. Even after all the federal, state and local incentives, the panel will still cost me $ 22,000. Now what is the cost of money?
If you are looking for the most simplistic like answer, you will note that they give you such figures at the bottom… but just be aware that they are a number of implicit assumptions being made to arrive at this “guess”.