Integrated Solar and Metal Roofing with Solar Thin Film
Solar thin film is becoming increasingly popular and affordable thanks in part to:
- Increased state incentives such as the Sunshine State Program in PA
- Federal tax rebates of 30% with no limit
- Rising energy costs due to deregulation of the energy industry
- Solar Renewable Energy Certificates or SREC's (see more below)
Renewable and Clean Energy
The Sun blasts Earth with enough energy in one hour-4.3 x 1020 joules - to provide all of humanity's energy needs for a whole year! Solar thin film is made to harness that electricity, and convert it to usable energy that gets hooked up to your energy meter and sent back into the electrical grid. On average, homeowner's offset anywhere from 30-60% of their home electrical usage for the entire year.
Low Life-cycle Costs of Metal and Solar
As mentioned before, metal roofing is the least expensive roof over the lifetime of the roof. That includes maintenance, replacement costs and energy savings. That is just one of the reason's solar thin film loves metal roofing. The other reason is that you get a tax credit (30% with no limit) for the metal solar roof when you laminate the solar film onto the panels. These two products combined give you 50+ years of metal roofing and 25 years of solar output at a high level.
Sustainable Materials
Solar thin film is made in America and is much less expensive to mass produce than traditional silicon photovoltaics. Thin film solar cells use a fine layer of semi-conducting material, such as silicon, copper indium gallium selenide or cadimium telluride to harvest the electricity form the sun at a fraction of the cost.
Long-term economic value
Solar installations on metal roofs have become more and more popular because of the quick payback period (3-8 years) and the long term ROI (20-30%).
For a free consultation and solar and metal analasis please contact us at 877-662-5240.
SRECs (Solar Renewable Energy Certificate)
SREC stands for Solar Renewable Energy Certificates and is a tradable certificate that represents all the clean energy benefits of electricity generated from a solar electric system. Each time a solar electric system generates 1000kWh (1MWh) of electricity, an SREC is issued which can then be sold or traded separately from the power. This makes it easy for individuals and businesses to finance and invest in clean, emission free solar power. |
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