{"id":44705,"date":"2015-12-20T07:49:24","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T12:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=44705"},"modified":"2015-12-20T05:53:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T10:53:47","slug":"sunpower-sunedison-among-others-partner-with-googles-project-sunroof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/sunpower-sunedison-among-others-partner-with-googles-project-sunroof\/","title":{"rendered":"SunPower, SunEdison, Among Others, Partner With Google’s Project Sunroof"},"content":{"rendered":"

Originally published on Solar Love<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

As we wrote months ago when it launched, Google has a free online service that uses its mapping information and partner offers from solar installers to provide fast estimates of how much a homeowner might save by\u00a0investing in a solar power system. Dubbed \u201cProject Sunroof,\u201d it\u00a0also provides information\u00a0on things like the number of square feet available forsolar panels<\/a> on your roof based\u00a0on 3D modeling, the number of hours of usable sunlight per year based on\u00a0weather pattern analysis, net savings over 20 years, an average monthly electric bill, and\u00a0recommended\u00a0solar power system size.<\/p>\n

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Currently, the Google service can provide information in the Boston area,\u00a0the San Francisco area, Fresno, Napa, Sacramento, and Long Island.\u00a0Partners for the project were not initially listed in the press releases, blog posts, and media coverage, so we decided to dig in and see who they are. Seeing offers from SunPower<\/a>, American Solar Direct<\/a>, Pick My Solar<\/a>,Sungevity<\/a>, SunEdison<\/a>,\u00a0NRG Home Solar<\/a>, we can see that these are the highly regarded solar companies Google decided to partner with (in the initial San Francisco area where I live, at least).<\/p>\n

Providing this information for free is a great service, because it brings rapid\u00a0clarity to those who are curious or interested but don\u2019t know how to gather basic information about what kind of solar power system might work\u00a0with their home and how much they could save by going solar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For example, do you know the square footage of your roof? Everyone knows how\u00a0much they pay for their electricity each month, but you\u00a0also know what\u00a0size solar power system would cover your\u00a0electricity usage?<\/p>\n

Solar power is the cheapest it has ever been<\/a>, so investing in solar<\/a> now can make money eventually, though the public perception may be that it is\u00a0still too expensive.<\/p>\n

NREL has a similar online tool<\/a>, but it wants more technical information, like the\u00a0azimuth of the roof, DC system size, tilt in degrees, average cost of electricity\u00a0purchased from the utility in $\/kWh, and so forth. The problem is that many people\u00a0may have never heard of some of these terms and therefore might not be able to use\u00a0the tool.<\/p>\n

The Google tool is much simpler and easier to use, if you aren\u2019t aware of some of the technical details.<\/p>\n

Cost of Solar<\/a> (part of our company) is similar and we think still worth using, since it may connect you with small-scale but competitive solar companies in your local area, but it again asks for technicalities like the square footage of your home, your heat source, roof shading, and roof type (asphalt shingle vs ceramic vs clay tile vs wood shingle vs metal vs something else). What we typically recommend is trying\u00a0to get as many solar quotes as possible, usingGoogle\u2019s Project Sunroof<\/a>, Cost of Solar<\/a>, EnergySage<\/a>, and others. The more solar price and savings quotes you can check out, the more equipped you are to evaluate each of them and find the best deal.<\/p>\n

Image Credit: Google Project Sunroof<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Originally published on Solar Love. As we wrote months ago when it launched, Google has a free online service that uses its mapping information and partner offers from solar installers to provide fast estimates of how much a homeowner might save by\u00a0investing in a solar power system. Dubbed \u201cProject Sunroof,\u201d it\u00a0also provides information\u00a0on things like 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