New Dawn Solar

Solar is a great investment, but it's not for everyone. Today, we cover a couple of factors that might impact whether solar is worth it for you.

Getting solar is a big investment, and should not be taken lightly. Everyone has different reasons for wanting solar, but regardless of what your reason is, there are some things that you should take into consideration before making that decision. You can check the sun's radiance in your area with noaa.gov or nrel.gov - links provided below. Irradiance mapping - https://nsrdb.nrel.gov/ Radiance maps - https://www.nrel.gov/gis/solar-resource-maps.html Solar ITC - https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/homeowners-guide-federal-tax-credit-solar-photovoltaics

When shopping around for solar, it's common practice for companies to provide a "Solar Proposal". A proposal is a simplified datasheet that provides all of your systems specification. Things such as price, ROI, power produced and more should be included. However, these can be difficult to understand at times, so we decided to go over a few things that you should pay attention to when presented with a proposal so you know what to look for.

Some solar companies will attempt to sell you add-ons to your system for a couple extra bucks. While these can be beneficial, the majority of the time it's a money grab. The other day while doing a maintenance job for a customer who bought one such add-on, we decided to ask him a few questions about his experience with it thus far. Here's what he had to say-

There are a lot of benefits that go along with getting solar, one such benefit is the Solar Tax Credit. Today, we talk about what it is, and how it can benefit you.

Solar Advertisements have been getting out of hand in recent times; and are often filled with disingenuous, or simply un-true information in order to get you to buy a system. We had Aries, our lead customer representative review one of these Ads to shed a little bit of light on the matter.

Net-Metering is a service provided by some utility companies that greatly increases the ROI of your system.