Yes that is correct...no rural subsidies like there used to be. Regarding remote..yes & no. I'm 25 miles out from Cortez Colorado but most have power. (Their used to be rural subsidies.)The last house on the line, is only 800' up an established road from where they would place it. BTW that $44k was just to get it to the tip of my property...it's then 900' more up to where we are building our home. It's then my responsibility to wire & bury it etc. that 900' but they will inspect before turning it on. More money.$44k just to hook up power? That's insane. You must be in a remote location for a Poco to charge you that much.
So you can see why I immediately could easily cost justify the investment to go off-grid...no amortization needed. Especially, since I already had panels & planned on net zero solar. I needed inverters anyway. Realistically, the only added cost is storage & maybe an eventual diesel backup generator. (I have a Yamaha clone 2,200w gas inverter generator, a Champion 7,800w dual fuel & an old Mitsubishi 3,500w gas for now.)
Yes, I think pretty solid on storage...for now. It was rough at times this winter only on 12V before I got my solar room insulated, built & running.Sounds like you have quite a bit of battery backup already, plus you already have all those panels. So I guess you're having a house built then? Pretty cool to be off grid.
Yes, I think it is & will be nice to have no more electric bills. Funny story... this winter someone asked me how I was doing without power for 2-3 days. I asked them what they were talking about? Apparently a semi hit a power pole a few miles from us. I didn't have a clue. ?
100%. Living off-grid is ALL about innovation AND having a backup for your backup. As noted, we have some but really want a +12kw diesel backup generator eventually. $$$$A genny would make sense, for redundancy sake.
The noise is the biggest deal breaker especially considering I moved away for peace, quiet & privacy. I LOVE the QUIET & reliable power of solar.Before I went on this solar trip about a year ago, I considered getting about a 5kW inverter generator, but didn't want to deal with the noise, fuel running out, fumes, etc, so I went with an Ecoflow solar generator instead.
I find these Ecoflows & Bluetti's interesting but haven't researched or wanted to invest yet. Sounds like they are prefect for your needs.
That is so strange.I only noticed the hot spots on the panels yesterday as it was cloudy and not much glare on the array. They could've been there longer, but didn't notice. Kinda got me bummed out, I'm worried about my panels getting ruined,
I was wondering the same.but maybe it's just a cosmetic thing.
I have played with single tracking a bit & am a big fan seasonally...monthly if I get ambitious. However I just don't think dual tracking is worth the squeeze. That said, I'm convinced the data both official & petsonal anecdotal is right in that bifacials benefit greatly if the lowest point is above 3'... especially with snow. (White) Which is why, among a few other reasons, why I would never mount them on a roof.May have to reconsider my ground mount racking.
If output isn't an issue...maybe don't fix what isn't broken. ?Output doesn't seem to be an issue, but that's hard to determine definitely. I'm still investigating.
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