Florida Solar panels questions

[1948CaseVAI]

Higher subsidies for renewables would save all of us thousands.

Sorry but renewable is a fallacy. Expensive joke on the public who thinks they are saving the planet or some such hogwash.

 

[ss55]

Sorry but renewable is a fallacy. Expensive joke on the public who thinks they are saving the planet or some such hogwash.

Does that include ethanol as a renewable energy?

 

[GChief]

Sorry but renewable is a fallacy. Expensive joke on the public who thinks they are saving the planet or some such hogwash.

Please articulate how its a fallacy without using the talking points that have been told to you.

 

[showcrop]

Sorry but renewable is a fallacy. Expensive joke on the public who thinks they are saving the planet or some such hogwash.

Please articulate how its a fallacy without using the talking points that have been told to you.

48VAI has proven that all of his knowledge of the current world comes from the imagination of millenials living in their parent's basements making stories up to see what they can get suckers to believe.

 

[Rbellucci]

I'm in Indiana, so different market, but we put a commercial system on our warehouse through Emergent Solar Energy and it's been solid. We own the panels, no lease. Payback is tracking around 6 years. Not sure about Florida's net metering rules, but for us, overproducing didn't make sense, we sized it to our usage. If you're thinking DIY, I'd check local code first, commercial installs have a lot more permitting.

 

[showcrop]

I'm in Indiana, so different market, but we put a commercial system on our warehouse through Emergent Solar Energy and it's been solid. We own the panels, no lease. Payback is tracking around 6 years. Not sure about Florida's net metering rules, but for us, overproducing didn't make sense, we sized it to our usage. If you're thinking DIY, I'd check local code first, commercial installs have a lot more permitting.

Our array here in NH is sized to our annualized usage, which I believe is the standard way of doing it, Which means that during longer days, higher sun part of the year, we get significant over production which gives us a credit on our utility bill, and then during the shorter day lower sun months, we use up the credit. Our system, which we paid for up front, was installed three and a half years ago, and will soon have paid for itself.

 

[Texasmark]

I have heard insurance company’s are not insuring houses with solar panels on roofs in Florida.

That may be a common practice. We have numerous rural homes with their roofs full of panels. We are starting to get a lot of thunderstorms with hail of significant size. Panels may get damaged and need replacing (if insured) and if the roof is damaged by hail, the panels would have to be removed to access the roof replacement. Other thing that comes to mind is what they weigh and was the design of the structure inclusive of the addition of panels.....personally I rely on my Generac permanent installation with a 500 gallon propane tank to operate it. Power here costs 13 cents per kilowatt hour. Heck of a deal.

 

[showcrop]

That may be a common practice. We have numerous rural homes with their roofs full of panels. We are starting to get a lot of thunderstorms with hail of significant size. Panels may get damaged and need replacing (if insured) and if the roof is damaged by hail, the panels would have to be removed to access the roof replacement. Other thing that comes to mind is what they weigh and was the design of the structure inclusive of the addition of panels.....personally I rely on my Generac permanent installation with a 500 gallon propane tank to operate it. Power here costs 13 cents per kilowatt hour. Heck of a deal.

Bull pucky. Sure if you look you could find a company who will have a solar exclusion. You can also, if you look, find companies that offer premium discounts on homes with solar, and companies who cover the panels because they are permanently attached.

 

[Texasmark]

Bull pucky. Sure if you look you could find a company who will have a solar exclusion. You can also, if you look, find companies that offer premium discounts on homes with solar, and companies who cover the panels because they are permanently attached.

Well I was just tossing in what I know, guessing at, and how I feel about the things that jennister mentioned. Glad there are companies that are involved in that practice.