Calculate your roof's solar potential
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This is the satellite view of my block, thank you Google Maps.
With the help of a really cool website called Roof Ray , I was able to trace the shape of my roof from this image and then calculate its potential as a site for photovoltaic solar panels.
Once Roof Ray's web app figured out my roof's square feet, the degree of slope and the direction the different planes on my roof follow; it figured out how much it would cost to install photovoltaic solar panels on my roof.
It then figured out how plenty energy I ought to anticipate to generate primarily based on my place. It then found out my contemporary in line with kWh rate from the thieves at Progress Energy and what sort of cash I'd store on electric powered bills on a month-with the aid of-month foundation for the rest of my existence. Finally, it figured out what number of years it'd take for my investment in solar to break even. A-Ma-Zing.
Check it out!