Has anyone seen the TV advertisement for home solar power that touts “it could be free” and has 42 in its site
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Team Spain’s solar-powered home glows at night during the lighting contest at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon on the National Mall in the Washington, D.C., Monday, Oct. 12, 2009. (Photo by Stefano Paltera/US Dept. of Energy Solar Decathlon)
Question by dpobyc: Has anyone seen the TV advertisement for home solar power that touts “it could be free” and has 42 in its site
I am interested in finding out more information on getting home solar power units for the house, and I saw an ad for free home solar panels. In the ad they say it may be free through government rebates, I am looking for the website address that goes along with this ad.
And to find out if it is too good to be true..
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3 Responses to Has anyone seen the TV advertisement for home solar power that touts “it could be free” and has 42 in its site
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I don’t know if they are going to be free,but you can build your own Windmill or a Solar Panel and cheap too,under $ 200.
Check here:http://getcleanenergy.com/
alex378
September 9, 2012 at 7:45 pm
if someone told you you could get a years worth of gasoline for free, wouldn’t you be suspicious?
Solar panels make electricity when there is sunlight. You need power backup for cloudy days and night. Those are called batteries. There are inverters that change the solar cells electricity into battery power and battery power into household current.
When all is said and done it costs 7 dollars a watt to put in a solar system. A 150 watt panel..which would run ONE 150 watt light bulb,,,,costs north of $ 1000.00.You need to gang 6 or 8 or 10 panels together so they can be charging the batteries ( or selling power back to the power company) when you aren’t using any juice in your house.
Now, there are Federal and State rebates….3 or 4 or 5 dollars a watt, which knocks the price down considerably….and there are Federal tax credits ( a thousand a person I think) which knocks the price off even more………
BUT NOTHING IS FREE!!!!!!!!!!!! If it were free, either everyone would have it, or it would be worth its price…..ie nothing.
yankee_sailor
September 9, 2012 at 7:52 pm
There is a program in San Francisco to provide free solar power to some underprivileged homes, but that is on a very limited basis. Obviously, demand far outstrips supply.
I think Berkeley and some other cities may provide loans so that someone can buy a solar system. The payments on the loans may be less than the savings on electric bills, so in that sense, someone could switch over to some solar for “free”.
Some cities in the USA are still rebating to the tune of $ 5 a watt, so if you’re lucky enough to live in one of those areas, your panels may indeed be free. But for the US in general, no.
roderick_young
September 9, 2012 at 8:45 pm