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Except panel prices aren't the only component of solar power cost. There's also installation, maintenance, and energy conversion.

• bryanlarsen 3y ago
  When panels are cheap enough, it becomes cheaper to lay them out inefficiently to massively reduce installation and maintenance and land cost: https://electrek.co/2022/12/12/texas-solar-farm-flat-on-the-ground/ https://electrek.co/2022/12/12/texas-solar-farm-flat-on-the-...
  • Manuel_D 3y ago
    Your article did not mention any reduction in labor. The motivation behind flat mounting was less land use and stabilizing temperature. There's still no serious proposal to reduce costs by 10x let alone 100x. This is just a totally baseless claim
    • bryanlarsen 3y ago
      You missed the part about robot cleaning? About 70% reduction in installation costs?
      • Manuel_D 3y ago
        > It also says that it uses 70% less cable and needs 70% less trenching and that its system is hurricane proof. This is not nearly the same thing as saying costs were reduced by 70%. I'm very interested in where you read that total installation costs were reduced by 70%