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RE: Distributed PV provided by utility companies to avoid private installer reliability issues

Posted By Gregory Sinton 02-15-2024 03:06 PM
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In my proposal they would install it. They could then also ensure it is done properly and works safely with the grid. I think I'd propose that net metered energy fed to the grid be reimbursed at slightly below their wholesale rate. That way the new PV would actually be their cheapest new source of energy ...

RE: Distributed PV provided by utility companies to avoid private installer reliability issues

Posted By Gregory Sinton 02-13-2024 05:49 PM
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Thanks for commenting. I am in the fortunate situation where my power provider is a COOP. So technically I am sort of an owner that gets to participate in how it is run (primarily by electing board members). It also means that it is supposed to be non-profit and should not be warped by trying to maximize ...

Distributed PV provided by utility companies to avoid private installer reliability issues

Posted By Gregory Sinton 02-12-2024 01:26 PM
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Reliability and maintenance of privately installed home PV systems seems to be a problem. In more remote areas (but really not all that remote) it can be a problem to get any quotes at any price for installation of a system. IF you have the good fortune of getting a system the next problem can be maintenance ...

RE: Hundreds of US localities restrict renewables siting, with 293 projects currently contested: Columbia report

Posted By Gregory Sinton 06-13-2023 10:23 AM
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There is a wind project in the Horse Heaven Hills in my area (Eastern Washington) that is getting lots of opposition, including from some of my environmental friends in the classic case of NIMBYism. There was a good article in the May-June Mother Jones by Bill McKibben that I think was spot on for this ...

RE: Solar upgrade in rural NE Oregon

Posted By Gregory Sinton 02-02-2022 04:38 PM
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Thanks for the spec sheets. The panels that were originally specified were SPR-X21-350-BLK-D-AC. What were installed are E-AC and at the time I was not able to determine the difference of find a spec sheet...so just said OK. Specs look the same so maybe E is just a later run of production of the same ...

RE: Solar upgrade in rural NE Oregon

Posted By Gregory Sinton 02-02-2022 04:30 PM
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This looks promising. There is a local guy that I would have liked to have used originally but he was not authorized for SunPower (and did not want to go through the process to become authorized). Maybe he would be interested in the proposed storage/offgrid addition. I'll try it. ------------------------------ ...

RE: Solar upgrade in rural NE Oregon

Posted By Gregory Sinton 02-01-2022 12:42 PM
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The current system was installed in June 2019 and consists of 16 350W sunpower panels (SPR-X21-350-BLK-E-AC). I believe the microinverters are solarbridge. ------------------------------ Gregory Sinton gsinton@msn.com ------------------------------

Solar upgrade in rural NE Oregon

Posted By Gregory Sinton 01-31-2022 11:36 AM
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I want to upgrade my current 5.6KW PV system to include a little more capacity, some storage, and the ability to power the house when the grid is down. I have been trying to get proposals for nearly a year and have been unsuccessful. It seems everyone is too busy and I am too far away for them to be ...

RE: Supplying excess PV production from a private property facility

Posted By Gregory Sinton 04-30-2021 09:59 AM
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Thanks Ivan. Another possibility I had thought about is leasing the land for some established company to build a facility on. The City of Pendleton seems to have a deal like that with a company called Cypress Creek and I was surprised by what they get. THe lease is $1000/acre per year increasing ...

Supplying excess PV production from a private property facility

Posted By Gregory Sinton 04-29-2021 04:04 PM
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I have a small PV system on my house. My electric utility is a cooperative that does month to month net metering and also pays about 3 cents/KWhr for excess power supplied beyond what the house uses. My property also has some unused land that might be suitable for a "solar farm". Does anyone have ...