We are looking at a solar array for our house:
I have a rep from Revolusun coming to give us a price quote for a system for our house. This would be a lease I believe. We are currently using about 13KWH/day. If we add a Chevrolet Volt to the system (and use a full charge everyday) what can we expect. I need to do some research to see what our rate would be if we were to do a TOU rate or if we were to do some other set up. Currently we are paying about the highest rates in the nation for electricity, hence the PV... but what should we bank on? The volt is going to add about 13kw to our current daily use, correct?
Unfortunately the car would be for my spouse, and her commute is NOT fixed. The number of clients she has to see changes on a daily basis. But right now it seems like she is driving at least 800 miles a month... divide that by 40 miles per charge..... and you get 20 charges per month... times 13 = 260kwh per month. So that would be her MINIMUM MONTHLY USE. I seriously doubt her employer will let her plug in at work (she's not there 70% of the time anyhow). And she doesn't come home for lunch often. I don't see any opportunity charges in our future as there is 1 station within 100 miles of us.
Questions:
-Are we going to drive more just cuz we have this awesome car?
-How much juice do you use per charge (assuming min SOC @ start of charge)?
-Should we just size the system smaller and add panels later?
-Should we just get wind generation instead? (joking)
We are getting the car soon, but as you can expect, we gotta get the system in process first as paying HELCO to charge the car is like getting raped daily. One last note, Hawaii has a one to one ratio on net metering as I understand it. They don't mind giving people full credit for juice produced.
I have a rep from Revolusun coming to give us a price quote for a system for our house. This would be a lease I believe. We are currently using about 13KWH/day. If we add a Chevrolet Volt to the system (and use a full charge everyday) what can we expect. I need to do some research to see what our rate would be if we were to do a TOU rate or if we were to do some other set up. Currently we are paying about the highest rates in the nation for electricity, hence the PV... but what should we bank on? The volt is going to add about 13kw to our current daily use, correct?
Unfortunately the car would be for my spouse, and her commute is NOT fixed. The number of clients she has to see changes on a daily basis. But right now it seems like she is driving at least 800 miles a month... divide that by 40 miles per charge..... and you get 20 charges per month... times 13 = 260kwh per month. So that would be her MINIMUM MONTHLY USE. I seriously doubt her employer will let her plug in at work (she's not there 70% of the time anyhow). And she doesn't come home for lunch often. I don't see any opportunity charges in our future as there is 1 station within 100 miles of us.
Questions:
-Are we going to drive more just cuz we have this awesome car?
-How much juice do you use per charge (assuming min SOC @ start of charge)?
-Should we just size the system smaller and add panels later?
-Should we just get wind generation instead? (joking)
We are getting the car soon, but as you can expect, we gotta get the system in process first as paying HELCO to charge the car is like getting raped daily. One last note, Hawaii has a one to one ratio on net metering as I understand it. They don't mind giving people full credit for juice produced.