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You can’t have too many views of a good thing! Like this 38-panel solar energy system in West Bridgewater. In what would have been a crazy move a few years ago, the homeowner put solar on both the east- and west-facing roofs of this home. It’s not crazy today. In fact, it’s downright economical. The […]

This relatively small solar electric system will cover 97% of the homeowner’s electric bills, and pay for itself in about seven years. After that, it delivers free electricity and continues to pay him green income. Can you name another purchase that pays you back? Ever? That’s why tens of thousands of New England homeowners have […]

As solar panel prices have dropped, roofs that weren’t “economical” for solar a few years ago work just fine now. For example, this system is on a roof that is only 70% of the ideal (meaning 100%), yet the system will pay for itself in about 6.5 years. After that, all the savings and green […]

Like all of the solar electric systems New England Clean Energy installs, this one in the Jefferson neighborhood of Holden comes with a number of safety nets: long-term warranties on the equipment, on our workmanship, and on how much electricity the system will produce. So the homeowners are pretty much guaranteed to get the savings […]

Municipal light departments like the one in Holden, Massachusetts tend to offer better rates than the big investor-owned utilities. But in most cases, solar can bring that price down even further. This solar energy system in Holden’s Jefferson neighborhood lowered the homeowners’ price per kilowatt-hour of electricity from $0.15 to $0.04, locked in for 25 […]

Imagine suddenly paying one-fifth the usual price for your groceries, or mortgage. Wouldn’t that be nice? That’s what solar is doing for this Worcester, MA homeowner. Even factoring in the price of the system, she has locked in a super low electricity price for decades — 4 cents with solar versus 21 cents from National […]

By shifting their existing electricity budget into solar, these Townsend, MA homeowners essentially lowered their electricity rate to 3 cents per kWh (locked in). That’s going to buy them a LOT more electricity than they would get from Unitil at 23 cents per kWh (plus inflation). The system was installed on the barn of the […]

This roof is incredibly hard to photograph, but trust us when we say it has 15 solar energy panels spread across two sides of the hip roof. The Sunpower panels have built-in micro-inverters for maximum electricity production. Solar is cutting the homeowner’s electricity rate by more than 50% for annual savings of more than $1,100.

Solar energy systems on flat roofs and hidden under snow are hard to photograph, but this project is too cool to not post for all to enjoy. The owners of this contemporary home replaced the aging shingle roof with an attractive standing seam metal roof. We installed 31 solar panels for them spread across all […]

These homeowners modified their Cape style home to include passive and active solar energy systems. The row of windows in the first photo collects sunlight and heat in the winter, and keeps heat out in the summer. On the roof is the active solar energy system we installed. Solar panels convert the sun’s rays into […]