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Subject Author Date Solar Power in Portland Oregon kramer31 01-27-2007  Re: Solar Power in Portland Oregon Sorobon 01-28-2007  Re: Solar Power in Portland Oregon BobG 01-29-2007  Re: Solar Power in Portland Oregon somebody 01-29-2007  Re: Solar Power in Portland Oregon PhattyMo 01-30-2007
Posted by kramer31 on January 27, 2007, 9:53 pm Please log in for more thread options Hello all. My wife and I are looking at houses in the city of Portland. One of the houses has a frame for solar panels. It looks as if there are spots for 4 solar panels, about 8 ft by 2 ft. The panels are facing south. While evaluating the house, we would like to take into account what value we could get out of this. Portland is not a very sunny city during the winter and spring, but we get sun in the summer and part of the fall. Can anyone direct me to some sort of breakdown of the cost of the solar panels vs. the amount of power generated depending on the weather and how much money that can save? Thanks. Posted by Sorobon on January 28, 2007, 11:18 am Please log in for more thread options > Hello all. > > My wife and I are looking at houses in the city of Portland. One of > the houses has a frame for solar panels. It looks as if there are > spots for 4 solar panels, about 8 ft by 2 ft. The panels are facing > south. While evaluating the house, we would like to take into account > what value we could get out of this. Portland is not a very sunny > city during the winter and spring, but we get sun in the summer and > part of the fall. > > Can anyone direct me to some sort of breakdown of the cost of the > solar panels vs. the amount of power generated depending on the > weather and how much money that can save? > > Thanks. > Look at a solar map, the Pacific Northwest is probably the worst place in the US to install solar panels. The other problem is Portland has relatively inexpensive electric rates. I live in Vancouver, WA and I also have 500watts of PV panels and a hot water panel on my RV that I use in AZ in the winter. http://www.windsun.com/Solar_Basics/Solar_maps.htm#Map1 Posted by BobG on January 29, 2007, 11:41 am Please log in for more thread options > Can anyone direct me to some sort of breakdown of the cost of the > solar panels vs. the amount of power generated depending on the > weather and how much money that can save? ================================================== Lets say you get four 200 watt panels.. 800 watts. Lets use $5 a watt for the panels...$4000 so far. Lets say they get sun 4 hrs a day, so they will generate about 3.2KWHrs a day. Lets say a KWhr is $.12 cents... the payback rate is $.38 a day... 28 years. If the price of electricity doubles, payback time will decrease to 14 years. Thats still a long time.... Posted by on January 29, 2007, 12:27 pm Please log in for more thread options >> Can anyone direct me to some sort of breakdown of the cost of the >> solar panels vs. the amount of power generated depending on the >> weather and how much money that can save? >================================================== >Lets say you get four 200 watt panels.. 800 watts. Lets use $5 a watt >for the panels...$4000 so far. Lets say they get sun 4 hrs a day, so >they will generate about 3.2KWHrs a day. Lets say a KWhr is $.12 >cents... the payback rate is $.38 a day... 28 years. If the price of >electricity doubles, payback time will decrease to 14 years. Thats >still a long time.... Actually, it'll probably never pay back if you use the standard idea of balancing the money spent against an investment that bears interest. Posted by PhattyMo on January 30, 2007, 6:56 am Please log in for more thread options kramer31 wrote: > Hello all. > > My wife and I are looking at houses in the city of Portland. One of > the houses has a frame for solar panels. It looks as if there are > spots for 4 solar panels, about 8 ft by 2 ft. The panels are facing > south. While evaluating the house, we would like to take into account > what value we could get out of this. Portland is not a very sunny > city during the winter and spring, but we get sun in the summer and > part of the fall. > > Can anyone direct me to some sort of breakdown of the cost of the > solar panels vs. the amount of power generated depending on the > weather and how much money that can save? > > Thanks. > http://www.zengerfarm.org/ might be able to give you some pointers. Similar Threads Posted Is the Sun Setting on Solar Power in Spain? (Can Spain maintain its lead in solar tech?) October 24, 2008, 3:16 pm solar power April 21, 2008, 2:19 pm haze and solar power? May 6, 2008, 12:02 pm Solar power for shed August 12, 2008, 8:29 pm Is the Sun finally Rising on Solar Power? January 24, 2007, 1:14 am Get Canada$0.42/kwh for your solar power in Ontario. March 10, 2007, 2:36 pm This solar power company will be huge! March 26, 2007, 10:58 am Economies of Scale Solar Power November 29, 2007, 8:00 am Solar power eliminates utility bills January 17, 2007, 11:23 am Start-up: Affordable solar power possible in a year April 29, 2008, 7:22 am