More solar coming to Baristaville. The township of Bloomfield received notification today from PSEG that beginning in mid-to-late- October 2011, PSE&G contractors will begin installing pole-attached solar units in Bloomfield. From the town:
The units be placed on utility poles that offer a clear exposure to the southern sky, access to the proper voltage electric wires and where installation does not interfere with existing equipment on the pole. Not all utility poles will receive a solar unit since only those that meet these three criteria are eligible. The panels are approximately 2 ½ feet high by 5 feet wide and will be installed about 15 feet off the ground.
The pole-attached solar units provide PSE&G electric customers with a number of direct benefits. Since all of these solar units connect directly into the PSE&G electric grid used by customers, the solar power they generate replaces some amount of traditional fossil fuel electric generation. Second, each pole- attached solar unit placed in service generates value from the sale of its electricity and capacity into the wholesale electric grid, the valuable Solar Renewable Energy Certificates (SRECs) it produces and the federal investment tax credits that PSE&G attracts. PSE&G monetizes all of this value and the dollars are returned to customers by offsetting the overall cost of the program. Third, the pole-attached solar units help New Jersey reach its renewable energy portfolio requirement that was set in the state’s Energy Master Plan and help the nation become less dependent on foreign energy sources.
PSE&G estimates that when the full 40 megawatts of pole attached solar units are installed, they will reduce the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air by 31 metric tons per year, the amount of nitrous oxide (NOx) by 58 metric tons per year, and the amount of sulfur oxide (SOx) by 135 metric tons per year. This is the same as removing about 3,800 cars from the road for one year.
For more information about Solar 4 All and the pole attached solar unit program visit www.pseg.com/solar4all
They now have these solar panels on the utility poles over at Essex Green, on Rooney Circle, the road that circles the Shop Right.
West Orange also has a dead deer on the side of the road on Prospect Avenue, just North of 280. Second dead deer on the side of the road in Baristaville in as many weeks. I thought there was a hunt to thin the heard. Never saw any dead deer before now. Is this just the beginning? Is it going to be like Hitchcock’s The Birds but with deer fighting back soon? If you see Tippi Hedren, just run.
Let’s do some math.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/science/earth/28solar.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
(we have all the figures we need this time)
$515 million powers 6500 homes. That’s $79,230 per home.
The average residential customer uses 8386 KWh per year. At .13 per KWh that’s $1090 per year.
http://www.njcleanenergy.com/main/about-njcep/general-energy-issues/general-energy-issues#Anchor-nje-1
Break even point? 73 Years.
Too bad the panels only last 25.
Who will pay for this? You will with higher rates.