How To Make Decisions On Your Solar Project

This is information about some decisions you will need to make for your solar project.  Use this tool to generate a task list, equipment list, and decision flow documents.

Where You Will Put It?

You need to decide where you will put your solar equipment.

• Stationary

  • Rooftop

    • Angled (e.g., house, shed, cabin, barn, pavilion, cabana, gazebo, etc.)

    • Flat (e.g., building, carport, arbor, pergola, tiny home, shipping container, etc.)

  • Ground Mount

• Mobile

  • Powered (e.g., RV, motor home, camper, van, bus, moving truck, truck camper, etc.)

  • Non-powered

    • Roofed (e.g., travel trailer, toy/car hauler, pop-up trailer, fifth wheel trailer, semi trailer, etc.)

    • Non-roofed (e.g., flatbed trailer, gooseneck trailer, solar trailer, etc.)

Who Will Do The Work?

You need to decide on how much you want to do yourself and how much you want to hire someone else (usually a solar installation company) to do.  If you chose a stationary option previously, you have many more options for getting help.

Services typically include:

• Equipment Purchase

• Equipment Delivery 

• Permitting

  • City Permit

  • Power Company Grid-Tie Approval

  • HOA Approval

• Installation

  • Racking/Mounting Hardware Installation

  • Solar Panel Mounting

  • Wiring

• Financing

• Warranty

• Tax Credit