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Originally Posted by Apache
Most people turning to solar power don't seem to realize that location plays an important role in recouping your expenses. In areas where clouds obscure the sun for a good portion of the year, it can take a homeowner up to 30 years to recover their expenses. In an area where the sun is prevalent you can recover expenses in less than 10 years. Also, in the US you were able to sell the excess energy that you produced back to your local power company. The power companies were required to buy your excess. Funny that now there are more people turning to solar that states are starting to pass laws that exempt power companies from having to pay you for your excess energy.
Apache
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I don't know if it has since changed, but when the solar craze started here in NJ some years back, it was also against the law to store the excess power, so no Tesla Powerwalls or anything like that, so you could not use your excess power for nights or cloudy days. It's like they were going out of their way to make it less practical.