Solar tour

Date/Time
10/06/2012
9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Tour Host
self
Phillip Geil
Phone: 217-586-3895
none

Registration Location
Phillip Geil
2060B Cty. Rd. 125E
Mahomet, IL 61853
Central IllinoisUnited States

Tour Fee
none

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This is an individual home tour based in Illinois.

Total production to date (11/30/10): Wind (10 kW) from 2/9/07 – 30462 kWh; Solar (6.8 kW +1.2 kW on 7/16/08) from 8/16/07 – 44506 kWh. (Wind inverter repair 3/29/09-5/8/09)
Annual production: 08 Wind 8,262 kWh, Solar 9,739 kWh; 09 Wind 5,434 kWh, Solar 10,732 kWh; 10 Wind 5686 kWh, Solar 11,380 kWh; 11 Wind 6210 kWh, Solar 9991 kWh
Total installed cost: Wind ~ $45,000; Solar (~$35,000 – $10,000 State rebate (grant) and $2,000 Federal rebate + ~$4,500 – $1,600 State rebate (grant) and $1600 Federal rebate = Total solar~ $25,300
Wind system – Bergey 10 kW turbine on 100’ tower + Xantrex inverter. Solar system – 40 180 W + 4 190 W blemished Evergreen thin film panels, UniRac and home built struts, 3 refurbished 3.0-3.3 kW Xantrex inverters. One 3.3 kW inverter (central string of 14 panels) replaced with Enphase M215 inverters on 6/17/12
For information on house construction (earth sheltered, solar heated, geothermal with ERV and 260’ground loop, low voltage switching, on-demand gas hot water, fluorescent lighting, timber frame with R50 wall, R70 roof self built SIP panels) see http://cu.motherearthnews.com/pages/gallery.php?gallery=295795