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Reducing the Installed Cost of Solar

I have a simple idea that can reduce the installed cost of solar. Pre-assemble the solar panels into multi-panel blocks before shipping to thecustomer roof. Make (and test) all the electrical and physicalconnections between the each of the panels in the block at the factoryor warehouse. This will reduce the number of connections theinstallation team [...]

Xcel Proposes Reducing its Solar Rebates by $0.50

On Tuesday, Xcel announced that they are planning to reduce thesolar energy rebates by $0.50 in the next month or two, and they wantto reduce their portion of the rebate to $0.05 by 2014. The SolarRewards program currently provides residential and commercial solarsystems with a $3.50 per watt rebate. This consists of a $2 rebate [...]