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Will Solar payback for you? Find out at RoofRay.

Started by Andrew Stone · 10 months ago

I was reading my regular feeds today and came upon RoofRay in a post over at GreenTech Blog by Cnet.
Basically what you can do with RoofRay is draw your solar array on YOUR roof using Google Maps and then RoofRay determines your square footage, total potential power generation capabilities and then your payback time. [...] ... Continue reading »

6 comments

  • January

    9 months ago

    What a great tool! I know that right now using solar systems isn't nearly as cost-effective as it could be, but at least this is a good way of understanding whether your house would actually benefit from the technology.
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  • Sabrina

    9 months ago

    Good knowledge source. Thanks Andrew.
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  • Casey

    9 months ago

    That is an ingenious website! I wonder if they take into account shade. Bookwarked the website. Thanks!
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  • Georgina

    9 months ago

    It pays back - it's worth it. Why wait? Just do it. Have a good weekend Andrew.
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  • Eva

    9 months ago

    Andrew - that is a very neat tool- I can't wait to try it on my home! Thanks for sharing this info!
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  • Tony

    9 months ago

    Being in Las Vegas, we have so many days of sunshine that many homes could provide all the power they needed from solar panels. Unfortunately it's so expensive to install the solar panels. If they could somehow make it more affordable, it would ease power consumption and some homes could even sell excess power to the power company.
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