Hi, I'm John Weaver, your commercial solar energy consultant. When you work with me, you get 15 years of financial, engineering, and construction experience to guide you through your project-- from concept, to paperwork, to digging the dirt and throwing that final switch.
Call me for a 15-minute consultation, and we'll determine if we are the right fit. You can also contact me here.
What I'll do for your solar project:
Provide a financial analysis, including electricity production, revenue stream projections, tax consequences, and operations and maintenance costs.
Deliver a complete cost breakdown of components, labor, and services. This includes: comparisons with national data and profit margins.
Design the layout of a complete solar system, defining a bill of materials.
Handle the paperwork that drives federal incentives, the local power company, permits and state level requirements.
Act as your Project Developer and guide you through professional scrutiny – with electrical and structural engineers, CPAs and bankers, permitting and hiring contractors.
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What does a commercial solar panel system cost – free government research series
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released their U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System and Energy Storage Cost Benchmark: Q1 2020. The document is a bottom up review of the costs to build solar power plants of all sizes, and for the first time – it includes energy storage. Bottom up means…
Read MoreValue of solar up to 51¢/kWh, Texas power grid collapse, and more! Episode #32
The Clean Power Hour is a weekly clean energy headline review and commentary podcast brought to you by Tim Montague and yours truly – the CommercialSolarGuy – John Fitzgerald Weaver. First of course, here’s the podcast – Episode 32! Now, to the news! Tim likes drone videos … and now – we like drone videos. The Tesla…
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Lithium ion batteries are going to be deployed in massive volumes going forward globally. DNV GL tests those batteries to allow groups like 8Minute Energy to better model the technical, and thus financial, performance of those batteries. DNV GL’s most recent 2050 projections suggest 3 TWh of lithium ion globally, and 5.4 TWh of long…
Read MoreSolar power after sunset, Amazon’s EV, 564% ROI, more! Episode #31
The Clean Power Hour – a weekly clean energy headline review and commentary podcast run by Tim Montague, and yours truly – the CommercialSolarGuy – John Fitzgerald Weaver. First of course, here’s the podcast – Episode 31! Now, to the news! Musk offers $100M for carbon capturing X-Prize Ok, so if we’re going to extract…
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