AndyH
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Woo Hoo - my panels are here, inspected, and in the garage. Perfect condition, perfect paperwork. I cannot wait to see these puppies pushing electrons. :lol:
Woo hoo! I feel your excitement. My installer is ready to get started this week once the city approves the permits.AndyH said:Woo Hoo - my panels are here, inspected, and in the garage. Perfect condition, perfect paperwork. I cannot wait to see these puppies pushing electrons. :lol:
Welcome to the Evergreen Family! :lol:mywaracfirfoyff said:My panels have also arrived! They look great!
Does anybody know of a good place to get a deal on the Enphase micro-inverters and cables?
Thanks!
I went with GoGreenSolar. $149.95 for the Enphase M215 micro-inverters - that's the best price I could find by a long shot... They were very helpful. The even called me up after the order and pointed out that I had missed ordering some key accessories.mywaracfirfoyff said:Does anybody know of a good place to get a deal on the Enphase micro-inverters and cables?
At the time I placed my order, GoGreenSolar was about $80 cheaper than Sun Electronics. Though they now claim to have some bulk deals on the inverters, so it doesn't hurt to ask them.AndyH said:Phone the folks at Sunelec for a quote before shopping around.
You put them on trackers and have shading issues? :shock:N952JL said:I did my install July 2010 with 48 Everygreen 210s. I designed four single axis trackers each with 12 pannels. Tied 24 together to feed one of two Sonny Boy 6KW inverter. (the other 24 go to the second Sonny Boy). It would be interesting to see how much more my output would be is I had micro inverters, one per pannel so when shading starts, it doesn't bring down the entire 24 pannels.
Congrat's to both of ya ! !GeekEV said:Woo hoo! I feel your excitement. My installer is ready to get started this week once the city approves the permits.AndyH said:Woo Hoo - my panels are here, inspected, and in the garage. Perfect condition, perfect paperwork. I cannot wait to see these puppies pushing electrons. :lol:
For those who are interested, you can see the system status and production graphs, etc., through my enphase microinverters here: https://enlighten.enphaseenergy.com/public/systems/QDVT52503" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;GeekEV said:FWIW, my system went online yesterday. It generated 23kWh today.
GeekEV said:For those who are interested, you can see the system status and production graphs, etc., through my enphase microinverters here: https://enlighten.enphaseenergy.com/public/systems/QDVT52503" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;GeekEV said:FWIW, my system went online yesterday. It generated 23kWh today.
toasty said:did anyone order any?
does shipping kill the deal?
That distributor sells many kinds of panels. The original deal this thread was talking about were Evergreen panels, which are not Chinese.chex said:Not to be snarky, but are these panels Chinese-made? To be more patriotic and environmentally conscious, consider spending the extra money to purchase panels from companies who treat their workers & the environment right, and don't steal hard-earned intellectual-property technology that is contained in the panels.
chex, Evergreen is (well, was) a US company based in Massachusetts. The panels we bought from Sunelec were produced by Evergreen in shipped from Europe and were auctioned as part of the bankruptcy. It appears that the string ribbon tech was bought by a Chinese company:chex said:Not to be snarky, but are these panels Chinese-made?
Evergreen Solar (China) was founded on May 15th, 2009...Evergreen Solar (China) Co. Ltd. is the successor to the assets, the trademarks, the patents and the name of Evergreen Solar, Inc.
The U.S. has slapped big tariffs on Chinese solar panels. So, what do we need more? To go green or buy American?
Keith Bradsher, Hong Kong bureau chief for the The New York Times.
Clyde Prestowitz, founder and president of the Economic Strategy Institute. He blogs at Foreign Policy.
Ned Harvey, chief operating officer and vice president of finance at the Rocky Mountain Institute.
Gordon Brinser, president of SolarWorld industries America.
chex said:Not to be snarky, but are these panels Chinese-made?
GeekEV said:The original deal this thread was talking about were Evergreen panels, which are not Chinese.
I certainly didn't realize that at time of purchase, but at that price I really don't care either. If one were to boycot things made in China, you'd miss out on a lot of good things (my favorite Apple products, for instance)... It's a noble ideal, but not very practical unless you're willing to "do without".AndyH said:It appears that the string ribbon tech was bought by a Chinese company:
... chex, looks like you were right. Here's a shot of the label from one of my European Auction panels (Made in China) and a look at the front.Evergreen Solar (China) was founded on May 15th, 2009...Evergreen Solar (China) Co. Ltd. is the successor to the assets, the trademarks, the patents and the name of Evergreen Solar, Inc.
WOW!!! :shock:AndyH said:5MW of A grade PV for 55 cents a Watt?!
http://www.sunelec.com/blog/renewab...-of-grade-a-available-from-55-cents-per-watt/
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