Sunrun, a residential solar company with operations in suburban Chicago, developed a home charging system for the Ford F-150 Lightning that turns the EV into a backup generator that can be powered by the sun.
The Lightning goes from zero to 60 mph in four-plus seconds, has 10,000 pounds of towing capacity, a maximum payload of 2,000 pounds and a range of up to 320 miles fully charged.
California-based Sunrun is also looking to leverage its charging system to spur adoption of another technology: rooftop solar power.“There’s a real connect between folks that drive EVs and want to charge their EVs with clean power,” said Sunrun spokesman Wyatt Semanek. “We’re hoping to get some synergies there.”
ComEd pays the solar owners upfront for 15 years of projected renewable energy credits. All ComEd customers fund the program through the Renewable Portfolio Standard line item on their bills. An average Sunrun residential solar installation in the Chicago area is for a 7-kilowatt system costing about $21,000 — before incentives, Heart said. Sunrun also leases systems, but the state and federal incentives are only for outright purchase.
After the investment is recovered, the typical residential solar owner can expect to save about $700 per year in energy costs, Vogt said.The state incentives have already made a big difference for the growth of residential solar in Illinois. At the end of 2016, ComEd had 722 residential solar customers, Vogt said. That number has grown to 27,000 customers as of May.
“Solar can’t be put on every residential home for a variety of reasons,” Kolata said. “The roof may not be right, you may not have control over your roof if you live in multifamily housing, or you may not have enough exposure to the sun.”Advertisement William Freeman installed a leased rooftop solar system on his four-bedroom University Park home last summer. His ComEd bill and Sunrun lease totaled about $100 in June, down about $60 from the same month last year — before adding solar.
“We’re not saying that leasing is always a bad choice,” Kolata said. “I think at the end of the day, if you can buy a system, especially given all the incentives out there, you’re going to be better off.”
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