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The solar panel at $132, accounted for 60% of the total cost (of $220). For a 100W panel, $132 is actually a good price, since it comes out to $1.32 per watt. R
by winter_blue 7y ago
The solar panel at $132, accounted for 60% of the total cost (of $220). For a 100W panel, $132 is actually a good price, since it comes out to $1.32 per watt. Regardless, as nanomonkey mentioned, a lower-panel panel (perhaps a 50W one) would likely have sufficed. But even a 50W panel, at $1.32 per watt, would have cost $66.
I'm hoping for the day where we can print solar panels as cheaply as we print paper.
- philipkglass 7y agoPanels are ~30 cents per watt, wholesale. But that's for the larger panels generating 250+ watts that are commonly used for solar farms and distributed generation. 50 and 100 watt panels are manufactured in much smaller quantities and will cost more.
- Scoundreller 7y agoAnd this was a thin RV panel. Easier to mount on a pole than the “I care about $/watt, not weight” panels.