Canadian Solar Panels

Anyone know anything about reliability? I've got a quote with the cs6p-240m with enphase microinverters. About 4.5 cents/watt installed for a 6.4 kW system. I feel good about this company, their design, and price. What do you reckon?

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&...i8eXZa&sig=AHIEtbRxPSByU4r3VBU8MsaRO8ZuFu3XGA

Thanks.

Hi,
You might drop Doug an email and see how he likes his:
http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/PV/DougEnphase/DougEnphase.htm

Gary

4.5c x 6400W = $288. Is that right?

Duh-oh. . . . $4.50/W I call it over-eager-math.

And then rebates and tax breaks cut it nearly in half. And then SRECs are icing on the cake.

I was going to say "I'll take 10". Turn my yard into a solar farm and retire

Watch the SRECS promises. The value of those continue to drop as more enter the market, and the cost per kw drop with fuel costs.

Agreed.

But, Massachusetts has a ceiling and a floor for the credits. Currently each credit, 1 MW, has a ceiling of $550 this year and a floor of $170. The ceiling goes down by 0-6% per year. Talked to a couple of guys that got $500 each this year. Selling credits for $300/MW ave for a 6 MW system will yield $18k over 10 years. Maybe do better than that.

http://www.mass.gov/eea/energy-util...tatus-of-the-rps-solar-carve-out-program.html

Other state and fed incentives, plus, of course, paying only a $4 electric bill for being hooked to the grid gets you to the break even point much quicker. I can't imagine the cost of burning mostly coal is going to decrease over the next 10 years.