Price of Solar Energy in the United States Has Fallen to 5¢/kWh on Average

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7. Are there local sources for solar financing?

Here in Seattle (where solar works quite well, thank you!) one of the local banks specializes in green projects, and has very low interest rate loans for solar/wind home installations.

Flat roof shouldn't be a problem, if they have the right mounting brackets. The brackets will separate the panels and give them the tilt to approximate a pitched roof.

As far as the bills, check to see if your local utility does 'net metering'. We have that here, and we sell excess production to the local power company at a rate that exceeds what we pay per kilowattHr. We sold a significant amount last year - essentially we will not have to pay an electricity bill for the next several years.

If we could do this in Seattle there should be some local programs you could take advantage of.