Mphamvu zadzuwa zikuyenda bwino m'dziko lonselo, kuphatikiza ku Indiana.Makampani monga Cummins ndi Eli Lilly akufuna kuchepetsa mpweya wawo.Mabungwe akuchotsa malo opangira magetsi oyaka ndi malasha ndikuyika zongowonjezera.
Koma kukula kumeneku sikuli kokha pamlingo waukulu chotere.Eni nyumba amafunikiranso mphamvu ya dzuwa.Akufuna kuchepetsa ndalama za magetsi, akufuna kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zoyera.
Pazaka ziwiri zapitazi, chidwi ichi chafika pachimake.Panthawi ya mliriwu, mabanja ambiri akugwiritsa ntchito magetsi ochulukirapo m'nyumba zawo ndipo akuyang'ana kuti athetse ena ndi magetsi adzuwa.
Panthawiyi, ndondomeko ya boma ya Net metering, yomwe imapereka mwayi kwa eni ake a mphamvu ya dzuwa kuti abwerere ku gridi, ikuthanso.Zonsezi zidayambitsa chipwirikiti, atero a Zach Schalk, director director a Solar United Neighbors ku Indiana.
"Tsoka ilo, ndinganene kuti ichi ndichinthu chomwe chidawoneka bwino m'mutu mwanga munthawi ya COVID," adatero.
Ichi ndichifukwa chake, mu kope ili la Scrub Hub, tikutsutsa zabodza za solar.Tiyeni tiyankhe mafunso otsatirawa: ndi chiyani?Kodi mungawapeze bwanji?
Tidalankhula ndi Schalke ndikutembenukira kuzinthu zosiyanasiyana monga Better Business Bureau kuti tipatse amwenye chilichonse chomwe akufunika kudziwa pazachinyengozi.
Ndiye kodi chinyengo cha dzuwa ndi chiyani kwenikweni?Malinga ndi Schalke, nthawi zambiri zachinyengo izi zimadziwonetsera okha pazachuma.
Makampani akutenga mwayi pakutha kwa metering ndi kusatsimikizika pamitengo yatsopano yamakasitomala adzuwa padenga.
"Anthu ambiri akuyesera kuti apeze mphamvu ya dzuwa tsiku lomaliza la metering lisanafike.Chifukwa chake ngati pali zotsatsa kulikonse kapena wina abwera pakhomo panu, iyi ndiye yankho losavuta, "anatero Schalke."Kunali kufulumira, kotero anthu adangothamanga."
Makampani ambiri akulonjeza kuti adzakhazikitsanso mphamvu ya dzuwa yotsika mtengo kapena yaulere, kukopa eni nyumba kuti alowe, makamaka amwenye omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa komanso zapakati.Atafika kumeneko, oyika dzuwa "amatsogolera anthu kuzinthu zawo zachuma, zomwe nthawi zambiri zimakhala pamwamba pa mitengo ya msika," adatero Schalke.
Ku Indiana, mphamvu zadzuwa zokhalamo zimawononga $2 mpaka $3 pa watt.Koma malinga ndi Schalk, mtengowo ukukwera mpaka $5 kapena kupitilira apo pa watt iliyonse chifukwa chazinthu zachuma zamakampani ndi ndalama zowonjezera.
“Kenako Amwenyewo anatsekeredwa m’pangano limenelo,” iye anatero."Chifukwa chake sikuti eni nyumba amakhalabe ndi ngongole zamagetsi, koma amatha kulipira ndalama zambiri kuposa magetsi mwezi uliwonse."
Bungwe la Better Business Bureau posachedwapa latulutsa chenjezo lachinyengo lochenjeza anthu za katangale za mphamvu ya dzuwa.Ofesiyo idati ma reps omwe amapereka "ma solar aulere" atha "kukuwonongerani nthawi yambiri."
Bungwe la BBB likuchenjeza kuti makampani nthawi zina amafunanso kulipira patsogolo, ndikutsimikizira eni nyumba kuti adzalipidwa kudzera mu ndondomeko ya boma yomwe palibe.
Ngakhale kuti gawo lazachuma ndi lomwe limakopa anthu ambiri, palinso milandu yolembedwa bwino yomwe anthu ochita chinyengo amatsata zidziwitso zaumwini kapena anthu ali ndi vuto loyika mapanelo ndi chitetezo.
Mavuto ndi ndalama zonse ndi kukhazikitsa amatha kuwoneka ndi Pink Energy, yomwe kale inali Power Homes Solar.BBB yalandira madandaulo oposa 1,500 otsutsana ndi kampaniyo pazaka zitatu zapitazi, ndipo mayiko angapo akufufuza Pink Energy, yomwe inatseka kumapeto kwa mwezi watha pambuyo pa zaka zisanu ndi zitatu za ntchito.
Makasitomala amamangidwa ndi mapangano azandalama okwera mtengo, kulipira ma solar omwe sagwira ntchito komanso osatulutsa magetsi monga momwe analonjezera.
Zinyengo izi zimatha kudziwonetsera m'njira zosiyanasiyana.Padzakhala zolemba zambiri ndi zotsatsa zokhudzana ndi zochitika zosiyanasiyana pa intaneti komanso pawailesi yakanema, zambiri zomwe zimafunikira kuti mulowetse anzanu ndi zidziwitso zanu kuti mudziwe zambiri.
Njira zina zimaphatikizapo kuyimbira foni kapena kugogoda pakhomo ndi woimira.Schalke adanena kuti dera lake lili ndi makampani ambiri omwe akuchita izi - amagogoda pakhomo pake, ngakhale kuti magetsi a dzuwa akuwonekera kale padenga lake.
Mosasamala kanthu za njirayo, Schalke adati pali mbendera zingapo zofiira zomwe zingathandize eni nyumba kuwona zachinyengo izi.
Chinthu choyamba chimene amachenjeza ndi kutsatsa popanda kampani kapena dzina lachidziwitso.Ngati ndizongopanga zambiri komanso zimalonjeza mgwirizano waukulu wa solar, ndiye chizindikiro chabwino kwambiri cha jenereta yotsogolera, akutero.Apa ndipamene mumalowetsa zambiri zanu kuti makampani azitha kulumikizana nanu ndikuyesa kukugulitsani makina opangira dzuwa.
Schalk amachenjezanso za mauthenga aliwonse kapena zolengeza zomwe zimati kampaniyo ili ndi mapulani apadera kapena ikugwirizana ndi kampani yanu yothandizira.Ku Indiana, ntchitoyo sipereka mapulogalamu apadera kapena mgwirizano wamagetsi a dzuwa, adatero.
Chifukwa chake, chilichonse chokhudzana ndi mapulogalamu otere kapena zomwe zilipo "m'dera mwanu mokha" sizolondola.Zonse kuti mupange chidziwitso chachangu komanso kukakamizidwa.
Ichi ndi chenjezo linanso lomwe muyenera kuyang'anira, Schalke adati.Chilichonse chomwe chikuwoneka chaukali kapena chothamangira kupanga chisankho pomwepo sichiyenera kukhala.Makampani ayesa kuchita izi ponena kuti chopereka china chimapezeka kwakanthawi kochepa kapena kuti angopereka njira imodzi yokha.
"Ali ndi njira yopezera ndalama," adatero Schalke, kotero ngati simukudziwa zomwe mungapemphe, simungapeze njira ina.
Izi zitha kulola anthu kupanga zisankho mopupuluma popanda kufufuza zambiri kapena kuganiza kuti palibe njira zabwinoko.
Izi zidatsogolera Schalke ku chimodzi mwazinthu zomaliza zomwe adafunikira kuziganizira: chitumbuwa chakumwamba.Izi zikuphatikizapo zinthu monga zaulere, kuyika mtengo wotsika kapena ngakhale kukhazikitsa kwaulere - zonse zopangidwira kukopa eni nyumba koma kusokoneza momwe zimagwirira ntchito.
Kuphatikiza pa kutha kuwona zachinyengo izi, palinso zinthu zomwe eni nyumba angachite kuti apewe kugwera m'mavuto.
A BBB amalimbikitsa kuti muzichita kafukufuku wanu.Mapulogalamu enieni olimbikitsa komanso makampani odziwika bwino a sola ndi makontrakitala alipo, choncho fufuzani mbiri ya kampani ndi makampani ofufuza m'dera lanu musanavomereze zomwe simunazipemphe.
Amalangizanso eni nyumba kuti akhalebe olimba komanso kuti asagonjetsedwe ndi njira zogulitsa kwambiri.Makampani azikankhira ndikukhala okakamizika kwambiri mpaka atapanga chisankho, koma Schalke adati eni nyumba akuyenera kutenga nthawi yawo chifukwa ndi chisankho chofunikira.
BBB imalangizanso eni nyumba kuti apereke ndalama.Amalimbikitsa kulumikizana ndi oyika ma solar angapo mderali ndikupeza zotsatsa kuchokera kwa aliyense - izi zithandizira kuzindikira zomwe makampani ovomerezeka ndi omwe sali.Schalke amalimbikitsanso kupeza mwayi wolembedwa.
Kupatula apo, upangiri waukulu wa Schalke ndikufunsa mafunso ambiri.Funsani za gawo lililonse la kutsatsa kapena mgwirizano womwe simukumvetsetsa.Ngati sayankha kapena kuvomereza funsoli, ganizirani ngati mbendera yofiira.Schalk amalimbikitsanso kuphunzira za ROI yodziwika ndi momwe amaneneratu kufunika kwa dongosolo.
Solar United Neighbors ndi chida chomwe eni nyumba onse ayenera kugwiritsa ntchito, adatero Schalke.Ngakhale simukugwira ntchito kapena kudzera m'bungwe, mutha kulumikizana nawo kwaulere.
Gululi lilinso ndi tsamba lathunthu patsamba lake loperekedwa kumitundu yosiyanasiyana yandalama, zomwe zingaphatikizepo ngongole yanyumba kapena ngongole zina zotetezedwa.Kupeza ndalama ndi okhazikitsa kumagwira ntchito bwino kwa ena, Schalke adati, koma zonse zimabwera pakumvetsetsa zomwe mungasankhe.
"Nthawi zonse ndimalimbikitsa kubwerera m'mbuyo, kupeza zolemba zambiri ndikufunsa mafunso," adatero.“Musaganize kuti njira imodzi ndiyo yokhayo.
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