Arch Solar is the leading expert for residential solar in Pewaukee and the entire Lake Country area. Arch Solar and Arch Electric have a tremendous portfolio of completed projects and happy customers. If you are in Pewaukee or Lake Country Wisconsin, then Arch Solar wants an opportunity to compete for your business and we’ll share our experience how well Solar works in your area.
The starting point for every homeowner considering solar is to look at their energy bills and see how much energy they consume throughout the year. For most of us, our energy usage won’t be consistent year-round as we deal with Wisconsin’s weather and dramatic changes in seasons. Also, every home is different. One home may have an electric furnace which means their energy bills spike in the winter while another uses all electric air conditioning so their bills will spike in the hot summer months.
Getting a realistic picture of your home’s energy consumption is foundation of our tailored process for ensuring the numbers make sense. That consumption is essentially our target for what we are going to reduce with a solar energy installation. Starting from that point means everything that following is based on your specific needs and goals.
The next step is to use modeling software to see how much solar energy your home has access to. This is where our Wisconsin only residential focus makes the difference because we know how our specific climate impacts what solar can do for your home because we deal with it too. This means things like tree shading, shorter days in winter, snow loss, solar declination, and the albedo effect.
After this modeling your energy consultant will tailor the design to your specific needs and requests. Some common examples: No panels on the curb facing roof, no chance of cutting down trees, possibly expanding your home in the future, sizing up for an electric vehicle down the road, and countless more. Once all this has been taken into account we generate an accurate projection of what your solar energy system would produce. See the graph below.
The final step is putting all the numbers together by overlaying your consumption and your production to see how the proposed solar energy install would impact your energy bills. Depending on your utilities solar net metering policies you can even receive money back as a credit for the excess energy you produce.
173.6kw
$28,483 Annually
WE Energies
Net Metered
184,864 Pounds of Coal
26kw
$4,238 Annually
Two Rivers Water & Light
Parallel Generation
2,411,958 Smartphones Charged
23.8kw
$3,716 Annually
Alliant Energy
Parallel Generation
1,948 Pounds of Coal
197.6kw
$22,293 Annually
WE Energies
Net Metered
20,695 Gallons of Gas
149.5kw
$23,913 Annually
WE Energies
Net Metered
1.8 Tanker Trucks of Gas
123kw
Madison Gas & Electric
Parallel Generation
13,709,514 Smartphones Charged
389kw
$56,681 Annually
WE Energies
Net Metered
44,398,424 Smartphones Charged
133.2kw
$1,114,935
Madison Gas & Electric
Parallel Generation
14,727 Gallons of Gas
25.7kw
WE Energies
Parallel Generation
26,293 Pounds of Coal
26kw
Alliant Energy
Parallel Generation
28.86kw
WE Energies
Net Metered
43.6kw
$151,039
WE Energies
Net Metered
4,817,623 Smartphones Charged
73.84kw
$329,713
Plymouth Utilities
Parallel Generation
64.845kw
$21,442
WPS
Parallel Generation
133kw
$386,522
Alliant Energy
Parallel Generation
12,550 Gallons of Gas
26.6kw
$3,953
Alliant Energy
Parallel Generation
12,578 Pounds of Coal
128.7kw
$513,821
Manitowoc Public Utilites
Parallel Generation
13,964,512 Smartphones Charged
45.5kw
$275,531
WE Energies
Parallel Generation
4,679,952 Smartphones Charged
1.825 MW
$103,000 Annually
WE Energies
Direct Sell Rate Tariff
1,740,000 ton of CO2 emissions
388.8kw
$51,288
WE Energies
Net Metering
26,104 gallons of gasoline consumed. 22,789 gallons of diesel consumed. 256,673 pounds of coal burned. 3.1 tanker trucks' worth of gasoline.
388.9kw
$51,340
WE Energies
Net Metering
26,135 gallons of gasoline consumed. 22,815 gallons of diesel consumed. 256,973 pounds of coal burned. 3.1 tanker trucks' worth of gasoline.
299.3kw
$42,934
WE Energies
Net Metering
20,076 gallons of gasoline consumed. 17,526 gallons of diesel consumed information. 197,404 pounds of coal burned.
50.7 kW - DC
$10,329
WE Energies
Line Side/Parallel Generation (CGS-NM)
361,853lbs of coal burned annually
31.87 kW
$4,998 Anually
WE Energies
Monthly Net Metering (CGS-NM)
CO2 Emissions: 22.6 Metric Tons 2,341 Gallons of Gasoline
370kw
$1,053,732
Alliant Energy
Parallel Generation
401,786 lbs. of Coal or 44,218,770 smartphones charged.
389kw
$1,190,164
WE Energies
Net Metering
384,108 lbs. of Coal or 42,273,187 smartphones charged