Welcome to Sun Volt Solar
Sun Volt Solar is a specialized solar equipment seller and installer located in New York State's
Hudson Valley region.
We focus on primarily Solar Thermal installations, Solar hot water and space heating. We also work with off grid battery photovoltaic and grid tie photovoltaic systems with battery back up. These are complicated systems that
often require specialized design considerations.
Contact us for more information:
(845) 626-2627
Or you can use the contact form to send an e-mail
The Solar Difference
Renewable Energy Systems:
- Environmentally sound
- Promotes energy independence
- Good return on investment
- High up front expenses
- Little or no recurring costs
- Inflation proof
- Energy use is tax free
Solar power, as with all renewable energy systems, has a higher up front cost. Basically, the person who installs a renewable energy system is
purchasing all of the equipment to generate their own power, which is a hard capital cost. Installation of the equipment on your house will increase the value
of your house by about eighty five to ninety percent of the purchase price.
Depending on the amount of the incentive and the type of system you are installing, your pay back period will be anywhere from 4 to 13 years, longer for Photovoltaics, shorter for Solar Thermal
installations. After the pay back period, you will begin to receive a return on your investment which will continue for as long as the equipment
is working. Most conservative estimates put the equipment life for solar thermal installations at about 30 years and photovoltaics at about 25 years.
Over that period of time, every 1 KW of installed Photovoltaics will eliminate 22.4 tons of CO2 in the atmosphere and the average solar
hot water system will eliminate 60 tons of CO2
Check out the Solar Estimator for more detailed information.
Buying power from the Utility Company
Conventional Energy Systems:
- Environmentally poor
- Dependent on foreign oil/gas
- No return on investment
- Low up front expenses
- Moderate recurring costs
- Prone to inflation
- Energy use is taxable
When you purchase power from the electric company, you are are not purchasing any equipment, you are merely paying for the power that they generate.
Beyond the installation and maintenance of the standard electrical system, there are no equipment costs associated with this. Because of this,
the up front costs are low. This does not increase the value of your house. In fact, that money is gone forever, there is no pay back period, there is no return on
investment.