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I definitely wish every home in America, warehouse, etc had solar on the roof. For whatever reason, we haven’t gotten to that point. Still not cheap enough?
by melling 4y ago
I definitely wish every home in America, warehouse, etc had solar on the roof.
For whatever reason, we haven’t gotten to that point. Still not cheap enough?
I was hoping Musk’s solar roof would be the start of something big.
At any rate, in 2060 maybe we’ll have incredible batteries, solar energy everywhere, but we’re already way behind schedule.
All this waiting for renewables has cost us years. It’s unlikely that we are going to avert significant climate issues.
- anton96 4y agoI always read the price for solar has gone significantly down in the last ten years. But I guess that only applies to the US or the industry. Here in Europe for an average size roof, it’s 20k € like it’s been for the last ten years.
- dagw 4y agoThere are a couple of things at play here. First of all, and most importantly, the quality of the panels you are getting for your 20k€, and thus the total amount of power they'll produce over their lifetime has gone up dramatically. Secondly while the cost of the panels has come down slightly, the cost of getting people to install them hasn't, and that has on the whole increased. If you where to install the solar panels as part of of either building the house or replacing/repairing an old roof that needed fixing anyway then it will be significantly cheaper.
- ncmncm 4y agoSurely you can buy them from Tblisi like we do.
- ncmncm 4y agoLast I checked, a pallet of 45 350W panels FOB a US port was US$7200. Ought to be less on the Black Sea or the Danube. But really your regional utility should be buying them.