Solar power savings by month in plains a 5kw system will save someone in plains up to 86 52 on an average month.
Solar panels plains ga.
Where the famed peanut farming president used to grow crops like nuts and soybeans 3 852 solar panels now stand to capture the georgia sunlight providing more than 50 percent of the small town s.
This number iis an estimate based on data of previous years.
Plains is home to 727 residents and today those solar panels provide more than half the town s power.
In plains you can look at the average peak sun hours of a fixed solar panel mount which will be 5 5 hours.
That s significant given the average georgia power bill of 129 46 per month.
Solamerica energy launches 1 3 mw solar project on president carter s farm in plains georgia former president and renewable energy advocate jimmy carter leases 10 acre site to help harvest the power of the sun.
The solar panels 3 852 of them shimmered above 10 acres of jimmy carter s soil where peanuts and soybeans used to grow.
Construction on the project.
After accounting for the 26 federal investment tax credit itc and other state and local solar incentives the net price you ll pay for solar can fall by thousands of dollars.
Georgia power signed on for 25 years as part of its advanced solar initiative a program that is a part of the georgia power solar initiative plains solar facility.
The panels moved almost imperceptibly with the sun.