Reduce Your Carbon Footprint & Save Money
Circle L Solar has been helping our commercial partners reduce their carbon footprint while reducing or even eliminating their electric bill. The monthly savings helps increase cash flow and minimize business overhead. Our in-house experts have worked with our commercial partners to create solar projects that yield the best return on investment (ROI) for them. Through tax rebates, energy buy back (net metering), and maximum efficiency plans/designs, we have and continue to create year after year value for our commercial partners.
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Why Businesses Switch to Solar Panels
Choosing to switch your business’s energy to commercial solar power brings several benefits, the most significant being reducing your carbon footprint. Other reasons business owners in Dallas Fort-Worth, TX, make the switch to commercial solar energy include:
Energy Independence
No business loves dealing with power blackouts if the grid ever goes down. Commercial solar power offers businesses energy independence and the opportunity to save significant money on overhead expenses as solar ensures a continuous, reliable electricity supply.
Saving in the Long Run
Although investing in commercial solar power is a considerable investment, it can help your business save in the long run. It takes about ten years to recoup your investment through the money saved on your reduced bills, which can get much lower depending on the tax incentives you take advantage of. You can also cut your initial cost through no-money-down programs. After that, you can enjoy a free energy supply without worrying about monthly electricity bills.
Low Maintenance
Thanks to their ever-evolving technologies and efficiency, solar energy requires low maintenance after installation. That’s why most of them come with a standard 25-year warranty, although they can last up to 30 years.
Costs of Commercial Solar Panels
The cost of commercial solar panels has significantly reduced over the past years. Texas’s average cost is 7.6% lower than the national average, and commercial solar power can be almost half the price of residential solar panels.
The cost of commercial solar energy is determined per watt of power capacity. The average price is $2.00 per watt.
What that means is that a 100 kilowatt (kW) power supply would cost around $200,000 before considering the incentives available. 110 kW is the average amount of energy an average business needs in Texas.
Several factors that can contribute to these costs, including:
- The size of your system: If you’re running a small boutique or pharmacy, your commercial solar energy needs vary from an institution, warehouse, or factory. Therefore, you should expect to spend less than the latter with your commercial solar power installation.
- Type of Panels: Most commercial solar panels are made from mono-crystalline, thin films, or polycrystalline materials. Each material affects its cost, efficiency, and aesthetics. Therefore, it’s crucial to seek advice from our team of experts at Circle L Solar to determine which options will match your business needs and budget.
- Electricity Usage: If your business needs a high energy supply, you need to install more commercial solar panels to match your energy needs. The same applies to companies that need a low energy supply.
Types of Solar Panels for Commercial Businesses
While all solar panels work by converting light into DC power for conversion into AC by inverters, they are made from different materials. There are many options, but monocrystalline, polycrystalline, and thin-film are the most common.
Monocrystalline panels utilize monocrystalline silicone, the purest solar panel material. You can quickly identify them from their rounded edges and uniform dark appearance. Their high silicon purity level is the main reason for their high efficiency rate.
Polycrystalline panels are easy to identify due to their squared uncut angles, speckled appearance, and bluish color. They are made with melted raw silicon to reduce their manufacturing cost. However, this reduces their efficiency rate to about 15% as well as their lifespan. They’re also susceptible to high temperatures.
Thin-film solar cells are made by adding one or several films of photovoltaic materials such as silicon, copper, and calcium on a substrate. This makes them the cheapest option in the market. They are also flexible, versatile, easy to install, and are comparatively less affected by high temperatures than monocrystalline and polycrystalline panels.
Other options include amorphous silicon panels, biohybrid panels, concentrated PV cells, and cadmium telluride panels. These options vary with generations.
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Commercial solar power can transform your business’s energy needs and save you money on electricity costs. At Circle L Solar, we can help you take full advantage of commercial solar energy with our commercial solar solutions. Contact us today to get a quote for your business.