PV Gap

Neil Said:

How do I get a grant passed for my school for solar panels?

We Answered:

If you are in the UK Look at the Low Carbon Buildings Programme by BERR link below

http://www.lowcarbonbuildings.org.uk/mic…

You can also email them for further advice on available grants and discounts offered by other providers.

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Edit: Excessively long payback schemes for solar panels are being quoted. It depends on where you live, where you situate your solar panels, what you buy and if you get a grant or install them yourself.

Much of the cost of Solar panels is in the installation. Any competent DIY person can install a simple solar panel system. Ours cost less than £1000 to buy and self install.

What are you calling payback time? Because each time I don't use fossil fuels and use solar energy instead, I don't get a 'fossil fuel' bill. Whilst we still use some electricity for running a fridge, lighting etc we have no other fuel bills, no gas, no oil, no electric heating no electrically heated hot water. We have woodburning stoves (which run on free wood) and solar.

Remember you are not just paying for the electricity/gas/oil etc that you use, you are also paying standing charges, VAT etc. Include those in your 'payback time figures' and you will see a very different picture. How long would it take you to pay back £1,000 if you only had one tiny electric bill each quarter?

Justin Said:

What museum green energy grants are available in Canada? - For solar panels.?

We Answered:

Take a look at the Canadian Solar Industries Association website. http://www.cansia.ca/Default.aspx?pageId… They may be able to help you.

Ronnie Said:

are there avalible grants for solar panels for my school and if there is where can i get them?

We Answered:

i doubt it just save up money*

Tamara Said:

Government grants for solar panels? a couple questions...?

We Answered:

Few places in the USA have outright grants, but all have the federal tax credit, and some have additional state and local incentives.

Check your area at this site:
http://dsireusa.org/

In general, it's a percentage of the price you pay. In the most favorable areas, it can be 1/2 or 2/3 of the cost of a system.

The Federal program is rather liberal. Your system must power your primary residence (or heat water for the same), and pass local building codes. Other than that, you can use whatever your jurisdiction allows. Usually, a water heater that you just made out of black plastic tubing, or a photovoltaic panel that you homebrewed out of discarded solar cells will not pass local codes.

Some states like California have lists of approved equipment for rebates:
http://www.gosolarcalifornia.org/equipme…