from Nanda:
I wasn't researching for off the grid because the state and feds don't have
rebate and tax credit programs for that.
Here's the guy we're buying our solar panels for our intertie system
(on-the-grid; sell back excess generated to PG&E). They do off-the-grid too:
solarsolar.com. They're putting solar panels on top of new huge carports
for the Navy base in San Diego, Warner Studios in LA, etc., and their prices
are way better than Real Goods. The only other solar supplier I know of is
Jade Mountain, and they were bought this year by the owner of Real Goods.
My guess is it'll cost you at least what we're going to pay, their $14,700
special, plus another $2500-3500 in labor, plus a few thousand more for
batteries and the extra cost of on off-the-grid inverter. We're getting most
of our costs back in rebates and tax incentives. If you're not going to
build on off-the-grid property for at least 2-3 years, buy an off-the-grid
system, install it at your current house on a pole (so you can move it
easily), keep it there for the 2-3 years required, get all of your rebates,
and then move it off the grid.
All you need to know, plus great links, is on the solarsolar.com website.
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