Friday, February 5, 2010

Solar Panel Power Plant Goes Live

MSA is ‘walking the walk’ with their new solar panel project. Rated at a maximum of 4.05 kilowatts, the system was just turned on and delivered over 2.7 kilowatts. This is pretty good for this time of the year. The maximum power will be generated in summer when the sun's energy is more directly transferred to the solar panels.

Our system will pay for itself in under eight years. You can help us track the energy we create as well as the carbon dioxide we offset and the dollars we are saving on our website.

Project Cost
$36,000
NYSERDA rebate
$16,200
30% Federal Tax Credit
$5,940
Depreciation
$5,940
Net Cost
$7,920


Adjusted Annual Electrical Savings
$1,064


Years to Payback
7.4

By Michael Shilale, AIA, LEED

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