To tilt or not to tilt? The residential solar designs of Fairbanks – Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

“As I write this at 10:30 am, my 10.7 kilowatt system is cranking out 8.7 kilowatts. Pretty sweet,” Fairbanks homeowner Eric Buetow says about his home’s solar array. For him, that means he pays nothing for electricity for eight months out of the year — it’s all generated by the sun.

A growing number of homeowners in Alaska have capitalized on adding solar to their properties. Another Fairbanks homeowner, Bob Henszey, explains, “My wife and I had thought about solarizing our home for several years; primarily as our part to help reduce carbon emissions but also to help reduce our electric bill.”