The Green Panel was good to work with and I'd cert...

The Green Panel was good to work with and I'd certainly recommend them. Mark Cryderman was my sales contact and was especially patient and helpful throughout the project planning.

Initially I wanted panels on my roof, but it's angled the wrong way. Then I considered ground-mounted panels that are essentially a few feet off the grass, but my wife vetoed that idea. In the end we contracted the construction of a pergola-style wooden structure in our yard that's the right dimensions to hold 7.2kW worth of panels (24 panels at 300 watts each). Once that was built The Green Panel came out and installed the panels, trenched to the house and ran the DC electrical wiring into the basement where they had mounted the DC-AC inverter, and tied that into my electrical panel. The work was all done just as I had requested, and I'm pleased with the project. In all it wasn't particularly expensive. Even though I had them do the trenching, bought an oversized inverter for future growth, and had them run an electrical circuit/outlet out to the pergola, the entire cost after the federal tax credit was about $14,500. With a 10-year loan through the Michigan Saves program, my payment is roughly what my electricity bill formerly was, so now I have the solar setup I wanted and it feels nearly free. In ten years the electricity it makes will truly BE free, and with a 25-year warranty, I'm confident this was a good move.