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Are solar panels worth it if you live at higher latitudes? I'd like to see a comparison between New England, NYC and Arizona in terms of how fast they go net po

• emilecantin 5y ago
  It really depends on your electricity prices. For example, here in Québec (where electricity if very cheap) we don't really see solar panels, but cross over to Ontario and you'll see fields of them. The solar panels I see around here are mostly off-grid applications (boats, RVs, roadside signs).
• iso1210 5y ago
  The article is in the Netherlands. Amsterdam is 52N, which is further north than the US (aside from Alaska obv.), indeed there are parts of Alaska that are further south.
• irrational 5y ago
  I live in the Pacific Northwest where it is cloudy for the majority of the year. In our last house we had panels installed. The amount of money we paid each month toward paying down the loan for the panels was less than what we had been paying each month for electricity prior to the panels being installed. About $50 less per month. Where we live, any excess energy is fed back into the grid and counted as a credit the rolls over year to year. We generated enough electricity to cover our needs, even during the cloudiest/rainiest months. We never had an electric bill more than the required $12 hookup to the grid fee.
  • iso1210 5y ago
    How many panels, and how many kWh/year were you generating?