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Google's Project Sunroof Tells You How Well Solar Would Work On Your Roof

Posted by samzenpus on from the here-comes-the-sun dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Google's Project Sunroof aims to make the task of installing solar panels easier by providing financial advice and stats on what solar energy could do for you. The project is only available in San Francisco, Boston, and Fresno for now. Techcrunch reports: "To get started, you simply plug in your address and some data about your monthly electricity bill, and the tool will tell you what the recommended solar installation size is and how much it would cost to buy or lease the hardware. In case you want to go ahead with a solar install, the tool also lets you reach out to local solar providers. Google says these listings are sponsored, so chances are it'll get a bit of a kickback when it generates a sales lead for these companies."

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  1. Might as well ... by PPH · · Score: 4, Informative

    ... just contact a local system installer. The insolation data for a particular region is already known and publicly available. What will affect your particular system are things like local shading, roof pitch and orientation and cost of installation as affected by your house and lot particulars. Local installers will also be familiar with your utilities solar programs.

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  2. Re:Not available yet... by thinkwaitfast · · Score: 4, Informative
    Try pvwatts. It's very accurate in my experience.

    http://pvwatts.nrel.gov/