Is Solar Power in Alaska Feasible?
We are planning on moving about thirty miles south of Fairbanks in a couple of years. Our dream is to slowly build a really cool perma-culture compound…to include producing our own ethanol etc. and to go as green as we possibly can.
I know that if you have solar power, you can sell any excess power back to the power company. So I am wondering, with all that sunlight for those six months of summer, is it possible to produce enough excess energy…so as to have enough of a credit with the energy company that can be used during the winter months when there is little sunlight.
I am wondering basically if they could produce enough energy to make the expense of buying the panels and the whole set up worth the money.
Fairbanks is way up there.
Yes, the summer days will be long, but since the sun will almost make a cirlce in the sky, you would want to have an active tracker, otherwise, the sun angle would change dramatically during the day, sacrificing power.
Whether it pays for itself over time would depend on your electric rates. Is Fairbanks expensive?
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