So at $2.73 million it will save the $300K per year. That means not counting maintenance it will take 9.1 years to save the original cost of these panels. If we add in maintenance I’m sure it will go well beyond 15 years to reap the savings.
As for “will the panels survive 9 years” I’m not sure because Kansas is known to have a tornado or two.
A throw away statement in the article...they are going to build a 7 ft fence so people don’t have to look at these things.
Besides being too high for zoning as a front yard fence, them there fences cost some $$, which I’m sure isn’t included in the project costs.
The tornado in 1966 (F5) went right by this hospital. Its a concrete structure, and a co-worker even claims to have run to this building for shelter. So these panels would have been toast. Their likely demise, though - hail. We get a lot of it - hard to imagine any one spot going a decade without getting hit. I’m sure these panels can take small hail...but there has to be a breaking point.