Recent PV Install - Long Island NY

[LI-Mini-Owner]

Hi All - I'm usually over in the Pellet forum, but here is my first for the Green Room. I finally got my PV system installed. First contractor I dealt with was a waste of time, but fortunately I got my deposit back. Although the delay cost me like $3K because my local utility rebate per KWH dropped over the intervening time.

I would have done this job myself, but the utility rebate required a professional install. The second contractor, Sun Nation Solar did a great job. If all goes as planned I’ll be looking at a 7 Year ROI.

Here are a couple of Pix. As you can see, I’ll have to remove that tree.

Carl

 

[arrowe44]

nice install. how much annual pv kw? what percentage of yearly kw use does it provide?

 

[LI-Mini-Owner]

nice install. how much annual pv kw? what percentage of yearly kw use does it provide?

I'm expecting 9,400 kwh/yr. That works out to 25 kwh/day, which is my average daily usage. So I should be right at the 100% mark. I've had the system for about 20 days and it has averaged 19kwh/day. It should do much better with the tree topped/removed.

Carl

 

[btuser]

That looks awesome. Do you think the time of year has much to do with it? We're about a month past the middle aren't we?

What did you have to lay out for cash?
What is your average price for KWH?

 

[LI-Mini-Owner]

That looks awesome. Do you think the time of year has much to do with it? We're about a month past the middle aren't we?

What did you have to lay out for cash?
What is your average price for KWH?

The system was $46,300. Utility company rebate was $15,300. I put down $2,600. The balance is $28,350, for which I have a 12 month interest free loan, I'll pay part of the loan back with $14,300 of fed and state income tax credit.

That will make my total out of pocket the $2,600 initial deposit, plus $14,050 remainder balance on the loan, or $16,700.

My utility KWH cost .1837.

 

[seige101]

Nice looking system! Are the inverters/controllers the type where you tap on them and the display changes the information on the screen?

 

[begreen]

Super system, I'm jealous. What kind of panels did they install?

 

[LI-Mini-Owner]

Nice looking system! Are the inverters/controllers the type where you tap on them and the display changes the information on the screen?

The panels and inverters are SunPower. I think the inverters are re-branded Sunny Boys. Yes - you tap on the front to scroll through the data. It also has Data Loggers that connect to my home router to upload data to SunPower's site. I've got a login so that I can monitor the system from anywhere. Here is a screen shot of the web interface.

Carl