[Truthoverpower]

How wrong could you be?

I’m not even gonna read this idiotic article I’m just gonna point out some simple facts

This is from a Berkeley engineer who has been in the solar business for 30 years now

Solar panels photovoltaics work. There’s no doubt about

I have systems now that are 40 years old it still work fine

I build systems for 50 years Minimum

You have two choices in life wanted a. 1 to keep paying the utility

2. the others to put in solar panels

In California we now have 40,000 MW of solar panels installed which is approximately 2/3 of the largest utility Pacific Gas & Electric speak load of 60 to 65,000 MW

We now put in very sophisticated battery systems with a Schneider electric 6.8 kW can text ex W pro inverter which AC couples to any solar system and you can have your own operating power system without the utility it will exist in perpetuity

and otherwise you don’t need the utility anymore

My customers have zero or near zero electric cost from the utility

Some of my customers used to have $20-$50,000 electric bills a month

Your typical 300 W solar panel right now cost $150 and the pay back on it is about 1.7 years At I electric cost $.15 a kilowatt hour

Please oh idiot Please please please please argue with any of this argue with any of this

[central_va]

Some of my customers used to have $20-$50,000 electric bills a month

A little math here. $50K month at .15 cents KWh is 50,000/.15 = 333,333 KW/month or = 10,000 KW / day = 10 MEGA WATTS per day. So just how do you generate that kind of power without a prime mover? I call BS.

[Tallguy]

What’s with the solar power ‘commercials’ on Freerepublic every time we get an article about renewable energy?

Almost as bad as the guys hawking 100 mpg carburetors back during the Arab Oil Embargo.

[central_va]

Here is what a 10 MW generator looks like:

[palmer]

Your typical 300 W solar panel right now cost $150 and the pay back on it is about 1.7 years At I electric cost $.15 a kilowatt hour

Here in Virginia that 300W solar panel will produce 480 kWh per year. At our typical 12 cents per kWh, that's $57.60 in electricity per year or 2.6 years payback. Only one problem though, the storage you are talking about costs much more than the panels.

[c-five]

6 munce ago I cunnnint even spel injunear. Now I are one.

Dear Berkeley,
Please rewrite in coherent English and check your physics.
Bless your heart!

[MonicaG]

Thanks for the great information.