High Noon Solar
569 S. Westgate Dr. #2 , Grand Junction, Colorado, United States

High Noon Solar is an innovative, community-based solar sales, installation, and maintenance company located in Grand Junction on Colorado’s Western Slope since 2005.

The Simple Solution

A solar electric grid-tie is a simple, low maintenance investment you can make in your home, as well as for your planet. Along the practical benefits of solar, High Noon Solar installs the top of the line in solar panel technology:

BENEFITS OF ADDING SOLAR

With current rebates and incentives, payback can be achieved in under 10 years on a residential solar grid tie! Besides this straight ‘payback’ number, one must consider that the residence now owns and produces their own power so, if electricity rates go up, the solar system pays itself even quicker.

ADDING VALUE

Adding solar to a residence also adds value and sell-ability to the home. A wise investment is the house that has low and stable utility bills – and eventually – a positive cash flow. More importantly, each kilowatt of power that comes from a solar system instead of a coal plant is just over 2 pounds of carbon saved from escaping into the atmosphere. For solar grid ties, this means savings of not just dollars but also pounds of carbon! This creates a real difference in the pocketbook and on the planet.

HIGH NOON SOLAR OFFERS FINANCING THROUGH…

Enerbank is the newest form of funding for solar systems today! Now you can invest in a lending company you can trust that is not like the others. Enerbank is offering loans for 12 years with a 12 month Same as Cash option so you can have time to claim your Federal Tax Credit.

HOW IT WORKS

Grid tie solar panel arrays are mounted in a sunny location facing south, southeast, or southwest. These solar electric, or photovoltaic (PV), panels create DC power when the sun shines on them. This DC power is then turned into usable AC power by an inverter, which can be mounted outdoors or indoors or even on the panels themselves.This location can be as versatile as each project requires from a flush roof mounted system on a building to a top of pole mounted array located in a field near the building but, due to size constraints on available space, the roof is usually the best choice. 

The Inverter

Once the power is in AC (alternating current) form, it can be back-fed into a breaker box and either used within the home to power appliances, lights, and other demands or it can be sent back to the power company, essentially spinning your meter backwards. The solar power is always used in the situation of home demands provided first, then any extra being fed back into the grid. A standard grid tie is designed without the use of batteries, which tend to demand a higher maintenance factor, instead using the utility grid as, essentially, a better more efficient battery.

An Integrated System

The majority of residential solar grid ties are designed as ‘net zero’ electricity usage homes as a forefront goal for the system. This means that, during the day, the home’s meter spins backward, accruing a credit with the utility company. At night, when the sun has set, that credit is used up again by the loads in the home. This creates a giving and taking of power with the utility company. Expanding on this premise, the residence also creates an overall credit with the utility company during long, sunny summer months. This credit is then used again during the winter. At the end of the year, if a solar system has created more power than the home used during that time, the utility company pays for the extra power, usually at a wholesale (rather than a retail) rate.