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This solar system produces about 11,296 kilowatt-hours of electricity a year. The solar price per-kilowatt-hour is $.05 compared to the $.18 charged by the utility. The homeowners will get $75,000 in electricity savings over 25 years, plus $25,000 in SREC income, for a financial benefit of about $100,000. And that’s before their increase in property value!

This 17-panel solar system covers all of the family’s power usage. In addition, they are saving over $38,000 on electricity in the first 25 years and earning $11,500 from their 10 years of SREC income. The customer posted these comments on the independent Solar Reviews website: “NE Clean Energy has lived up to its reputation for […]

This house looks great with its new addition of a 27-panel solar system. The solar price per kWh is $.06 compared to the $.18 charged by the utility. The family’s first year electricity savings will be over $2,000! In addition, the use of this system will cause 17,600 fewer pounds of carbon dioxide to be […]

This ranch house looks great with an energy-efficient, money-saving solar system on it. The system produces all of the home’s electricity, and at a price of about 8¢ versus the 18¢ charged by the utility, locked in for a few decades. And, it offsets carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to what 5 acres of trees can […]

Unclear on how solar pays for itself? Well, this system earns a 5-figure refund from the federal government in the form of a tax credit. Over the first 10 years, it earns more than $34,000 in SREC income. And over 25 years, it will produce more than $100,000 of electricity! The owner will pay off his […]

The higher your electric rate from the utility, the faster your solar energy system pays for itself, since each kilowatt-hour of solar is saving you that higher rate. This homeowner enjoys a pretty good rate from her municipal light department, so her system will take a little longer than some to pay for itself. In […]

The solar energy system on this barn roof is the second installed by us for these Jefferson (Holden) customers. The first system, a ground mount installed 6 years earlier, has 210-watt panels. The second system has 327-watt panels. The owners are getting almost as much energy from the new system as from the original one, […]

People often cut down a few trees to make solar work on their roofs. (Read our blog article on the environmental implications of that decision.) The owners of this Boxborough home installed solar knowing they would later remove the tree creating the shade you see in this photo. To make solar pay for itself in […]

This solar energy system produces more than the owners need some months, and less in other months. The “credits” from their extra production are applied to the months whey they make less than they use, through the Mass. “Net Metering” program. The system has 22 SunPower 327-watt panels installed on the standing-seam metal roof. The economics, […]

These Hopkinton homeowners reduced their electricity price from 20 cents to 8 cents with the help of a solar energy system purchased from N.E. Clean Energy. After the system pays for itself through electric bill savings, SREC income and the 30% federal tax credit, they will continue to enjoy years of free power. As the […]