Solar Power Information
Solar Power at Paul Revere Village
Like many of you I've done what I can to reduce my electric consumption. I even installed an electrical energy monitor to help me monitor how much power we were using in our home. Eventually, after taking all the measures I could to reduce our energy consumption I turned my interest towards that of creating electric power using PV panels.
Because the actual roofs of our townhomes are owned by the association a special agreement must be executed by the owner for the association to allow solar panels to be installed:
PRVA Solar PV Panel Installation Agreement
Synopsis of Solar Project:
- Obtaining permission from the PRVA board for this project
- Examination of the viability of the location for solar (proper orientation, shade issues, estimated power production,)
- Selection of a solar installer (system purchase vs. system lease vs.Power Purchase Agreement)
- Selection of the solar hardware (PV panels, inverter, monitoring hardware)
- Paperwork/Permits (contract with solar installer, town permits, grid interconnection agreement, state rebate application, SRECs)
- Installation (Planning to make the installation go smoothly)
- Grid Connection (Electric meter replacement)
- Permission to operate (Letter from National Grid giving permission to turn on system)
- Closeout (tidyup of small details following installation/SRECs)
- System Monitoring (monitoring system's energy production)
Here is a peak at the production data available via the solar monitoring hardware that I installed:
PRVA - 4 Meetinghouse Ln - Solar Production
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