Renting out the roof for solar power
Posted on Jan 31, 2009 under Electricity, Solar power | 2 Comments
I never really looked into getting PV solar panels because of the great investment cost. Although, in the long run, the solar panels will pay for themselves and can even make you a nice profit. Last week I stumbled upon a website with solar power companies that are looking for roof space to install their solar panels. They could, of course, just buy or rent a big patch of land and install their solar panels there, but due to insurance issues, this isn’t a very interesting option for them. So, they are constantly looking for roof space to install their solar panels on.
As we happen to have a lot of roof space on our unused greenhouses, renting out the space to a solar company could proof quite profitable. The three biggest solar power companies in the region are all interested in our south facing roofs, so we’ll just have to wait and see who can offer us the best deal. The first of the three companies is coming over for a chat next week.
January 31st, 2009 at 5:57 pm
The Midwest has some great tax incentives for alternative energy like solar. I would love to do solar with some deep cycle batteries to go off the grid. Hopefully farming out the solar is profitable for you.
February 1st, 2009 at 3:51 am
They have some nice tax incentives here as well, but the initial investment for the panels would remain, thats whats keeping us from buying our own solar panels.
When renting the roof, they usually pay between 1 and 1.5 Euro per square meter per year. So this isn’t too much, but then again, there is no risk for us. We could be looking at 200 to 300 a month here with absolutely no work involved for us.