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Why I’d installation prices correlate with efficiency?

• Retric 3y ago
  If you want a 1 GW solar farm you need to pay people per hour which is essentially per panel to physically install them and pay for mounting equipment etc. At 20% efficiency you need 5% more of that labor and mounting equipment than at 21%.
  • hinkley 3y ago
    Not just more panels but more wiring to take care of. And more square meters of panel to clean.
    • jacquesm 3y ago
      And more ground to buy for a given yield.
  • balderdash 3y ago
    Ahh I’m with you, i mistook your comment to mean that they were positively correlated with installation prices as opposed to negatively correlated.
• fgonzag 3y ago
  At least in my house in Mexico, solar panels were mounted on custom made structures that maximize your house's power generation. That can't be cheap in a high labor cost country. The panel might be cheap but mounting it is expensive.