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The Indiana Department of Energy Development 1 sponsered an all day worksop on Photovoltac system design and considerations Wednesday at the Allen County Library. Very briefly I'll sumarize the key info here.

Website references:

http://www.solarenergy.org/

Online training Books and other resources.

http://www.the-mrea.org/index.php

Hosts of the largest energy fair in the region for twenty years. Between near Stevens OPoint Wisconsin, (Point Beer). The seminar presenter was really pushing this group.

http://www.focusonenergy.com/

Wisconsin oriented but some good short fact sheets and guides.

http://www.dsire.org/

Database of Govmt incentives - very thin in Indiana - yell at your reps.

Federal: 30% no limit tax credit, State of Indiana: nada

http://www.aeesolar.com/

Better (cheaper) than Real Goods, (real goods, real expensive), source of solar stuff.

and

http://www.homepower.com/home/

The magazine.

Very Rough Costs of approx 1.5 kW systems installed:

Grid Tie system; 8-11 $/Watt

Grid-tie with tracker; 9-13 $/Watt

Grid-tie with battaries; 10-16$/Watt

Grid-tie with battaries and tracker; 13 - 17 $/Watt

Stand alone -off grid fixed; 13-17 $/Watt

(Installation included above approx 1.5$/Watt)

Upcoming seminars

March 17 Allen Co Library on Residential Wind energy systems

and The Indiana Building Green Symposium in Indy March 12-13
The Wisc Energy Fair June 19-21

more green links:

http://www.usgbc.org/ &

http://www.usgbc-in.org/

http://www.agreenerindiana.com/

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