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Pretty much. All in all they’ve been a very poor investment for home owners in America. At best you break even after ~20 years if they’re even still functional.
by nemo44x 3y ago
Pretty much. All in all they’ve been a very poor investment for home owners in America. At best you break even after ~20 years if they’re even still functional.
Could change as tech improves but as of today they are pointless for most people.
- ComputerGuru 3y agoYou’re talking about PV, not solar thermal. Break even for solar thermal can be one year.
- reportingsjr 3y agoEven for PV, most payback periods are under 10 years at this point. In sunnier areas payback periods can be just a few years.
- 15457345234 3y ago> At best you break even after ~20 years if they’re even still functional. This is misinformation. I searched on google, bing and Yandex and all the results I found implied that breakeven would occur substantially before 20 years. The lowest breakeven time figure I found quoted was 5 years. The usual quoted breakeven ranges were, I'd say, 6-12.
- Kerb_ 3y agoSource?