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I have seen a ton of articles about the plummeting 'costs' of solar over the past decade, so I was shocked when I recently got a bunch of quotes for a 10-12KW r
by happyopossum 2y ago
I have seen a ton of articles about the plummeting 'costs' of solar over the past decade, so I was shocked when I recently got a bunch of quotes for a 10-12KW residential install: they were almost the same as the cost of the 10KW system I had installed back in 2014.
So at least here in California, inflation and rising labor costs have eaten up all of those savings.
- teachrdan 2y agoWell, according to at least one online calculator, $1 in 2014 in the US would be worth $1.33 today. So perhaps the real price has gone down by over 33%?
- mkaic 2y agoThe article addresses this and notes that most of the cost reductions we've seen in the past decade are only really applicable to utility-scale installations, as it's only then that the one-time costs can be amortized sufficiently. Small consumer installations are dominated by costs other than the panels themselves to a much greater degree than utility-scale installations.
- oezi 2y agoThis seems extremely sus. Maybe the 10kw include battery today?