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Snowy Pines - 2010 
Snowy Pines is a solar powered tree farm and market garden that processes wood products using a 3.5 killowatt grid-tied PV system to zero out power usage. The tour will show off solar electric, solar hot water systems and talk about using solar input to make sustainable farming and forestry systems. Presented by Central Chapter of the Sustainable Farming Association. System Components    
System Installer: Chris Laforge of Great Northern Solar System Cost, Payback, and Financial Incentives Utilized After rebates I have about $15,000 into the grid tied system at the sawmill. I make about $500 worth of electric a year which equates to just under 4%. Pay back looks like about 30 years but I think we may be approaching pay back already (5 years) as we did solar as a business to attract customers (and because it was the right thing to do) and we have. The money we used to build our system came from our customers (profits) as they bought wood products from us. We didn't pay anything for them. Profits are a nebulas thing. Businesses are suppose to make a good life for those who run them and the communities they are based in. Actual Energy Delivered When Installed 100% |
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