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The Frontier Solar Inc. Advantage
Frontier Solar Inc. has focused on designing high quality trouble free solar energy for residential customers. That is our specialty. Whether you choose to zero-out your electric bill or just eliminate the most expensive portion of your bill, we will design a solar electric system that matches your energy usage.
How Solar Works
Solar is a simple, elegant technology that is virtually maintenance-free due to the fact that it has no moving parts. The energy source – sunlight is reliable, locally available, and always free.
A solar electric system is composed of just a few major components – photovoltaic [PV] panels [the generator of electricity] and an inverter [a power conditioning unit]. With a grid-tied solar electric system, your system is connected to the local utility grid, witch serves as the energy storage for the solar power you generate.
During the day when the sun is shining, your PV panels are generating electricity, and if you are not home to consume the electricity, it is fed through the meter to the utility grid and your meter actually spins backward, banking a credit for you.
Later in the evening when you return home, you use electricity from the utility grid and your meter spins forward utilizing the credit you accrued during the day. The utility company is required to credit you for the amount of electricity your system contributed to the grid at the retail value of the electricity at the time it was generated. By properly sizing your solar system to cover your electricity usage, you can zero-out your electricity bill and you won’t have to pay an electric bill again for the life of the system.
5-kW PV System Cash Flow ¥
(average 2005 flat rates) |
Per Month |
Year 1 |
Year 5 |
Year 10 |
Year 20 |
Average Solar Electric Power Generation (kWh) |
740 |
8,880 |
8,880 |
8,880 |
8,880 |
Average Utility Rate (per kWh) |
$0.18 |
$0.18 |
$0.18 |
$0.18 |
$0.18 |
Cumulative Projected Savings |
$133 |
$1,596 |
$7,980 |
$15,960 |
$31,920 |
Savings
Government rebates - Take advantage of governmental rebates!
Did you know that solar systems installed from January 2006 through December 2008, the federal government offers an Investment Tax Credit (ITC) of 30% of the net system cost for commercial systems?
State solar energy tax credits, Federal 10% investment tax credit, and Accelerated Five-Year Depreciation means that Solar energy systems generate substantial positive cash flow, particularly in the first five years of operation. Therefore, your Solar energy system is one of the best investments you can make.
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