Comments on: Financing Solar Power System – Part II

By: Charlie

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:32:13 +0000

I have found dealing with earthutility extremely frustrating, dishonest and incompetant.

I ordered two solar hot water systems which they never delivered. Worse than this they withdrew the cost of one of them from my credit card and failed to refund me. I had to contact them regularly and even after threatening them with action they did nothing. Eventually I was able to retrieve the money. As to the systems, they first said there will be a short delay, which turned into 1 month – 6 months later still nothing. This company is happy to take your money but reluctant to give you what you paid for.

By: mickr

mickr — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:02:54 +0000

I bought a Solar Hot Water system outright from Earth Utility about a year ago. Have saved about 30% on my elect bills already – I reckon this is pretty good as we know carbon emmission trading will come in so my saving will get bigger. Also, you never know how long these great rebates are going to stay for.. Had a good story with my install so I decided to jump in and buy a Solar Power system from them as well. All good so far – just waiting for my AGO $8000 rebate comes through…

By: yanjiaren

yanjiaren — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:48:30 +0000

It's great to have this alternative than having to purchase outright and the more people look at these options and take them on board, the cheaper solar power will become. yanjiarens last blog post..A big thank you to Today.com and my readers.

By: Lightening

Lightening — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:37:09 +0000

Thanks for the heads up on this Mark. I'm going to check it out. Lightenings last blog post..Brillante Blog Award

By: Mark

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:01:27 +0000

@TehCrim: No one is forcing anything onto anyone. This is just another option of being able to have a solar power system installed on your roof.

Also, if you would have taken the time to check out the Earth Utility offer you would be aware that the system they would install is a grid connected system which will give you the same benefits financially with your electricity bill as if you owned the system outright. And it is estimated that your electricity bill would be lower be more than $75 each quarter, which makes this kind of deal pay for itself pretty much straight away…

So, I don’t understand what’s not to like about spending less money on your electricity and doing something for the environment as well.

By: greenlivingfeeds.com

greenlivingfeeds.com — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:40:37 +0000

Financing Solar Power System in Australia…

There have been a number of different models for financing a solar power system available in the US. Finally there is an alternative to buying outright available in Australia as well….

By: TehCrim

TehCrim — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:26:02 +0000

So, instead of paying a simple sum to the electric company, you pay another company a lease on their solar panels to save what you would normally save had you purchased the solar panels outright?

Your system and the Earth Utility system seem pretty cost-ineffective to me. You’re paying more in either case. Rather than forcing currently inefficient solar power on people with a higher cost, why not wait until solar power is effective enough (through market economics) that it becomes the norm? Until alternative power becomes a viable alternative to current systems, cost to efficiency to supply, the likelihood of anyone actually taking it seriously seems pretty slim.