Kramer Electric
The Kramer brothers, Flavian and Ron Kramer, announced today that they are now powering their Kramer Electric shop and offices from solar energy produced by an array of solar electric panels near their building. The solar panels cover only about 4000 square feet of space and have a rated capacity of 39.36 kilowatts.
The solar panels are guaranteed to produce no less than 90 percent of this rated power for at least 25 years. This is the first business in the area with that size of array of solar electric panels. Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels use the sun to make electricity. Most electricity is made when magnets in a generator move by the copper windings, exciting the electrons. Solar PV allows the sun to exite the electrons without moving parts.
You can go online and see the exact amounts of electricity being made right now at: (eguage website) Kramer Electric is no stranger to being energy efficient. With almost twenty years of experience in electrical contracting work, starting in 1997, they know how to make a building run efficiently with the latest electrical equipment and components. Kramer applied for and won a MN state run a lottery-type incentive for solar called Made IN MN.
Flavian Kramer had this to say: ”Everything kind of came together at the right time, the Made in MN solar lottery, the tax credits and the recently lower cost of solar panels made this a very good investment for us. We knew David Winkelman of Innovative Power Systems and when he told us about the opportunity, we were interested. Once we looked into it, we were sold. It will pay for itself in about 5 years and it’s guaranteed to work for 25 years!”
David Winkelman of IPS (who grew up on a farm near St Cloud) was familiar with the Kramer business and once he saw the unshaded area by their shop, he knew it would be a good solar location. This solar panels were made in Minnesota, by a company called TenK Solar, out of Bloomington. The tenK company is a rapidly growing six year old company that has award-winning products and customers from around the world.
The Kramer 39.36 kilowatt array will produce an average of 50,000 kilowatt hours (kwh) per year, which at the cost of twelve cents per kwh, will yield about $6,000 per year or $500 per month, plus there are incentives like tax credits, rebates and a tariff. The Federal Government, local power companies and the state of Minnesota have several incentives for solar that you can study here: http://www.dsireusa.org/
For more information – info@winkelmansolar.com
