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Yes The pallet price of solar panels in the US is below 30 cents a watt. https://a1solarstore.com/wholesale-solar-panels.html https://a1solarstore.com/wholesa

Yes The pallet price of solar panels in the US is below 30 cents a watt. https://a1solarstore.com/wholesale-solar-panels.html https://a1solarstore.com/wholesale-solar-panels.html And from alibaba, it is below 15 cents a watt. https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Longi-solar-Hi-MO-X6-MAX_1601223804552.html https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Longi-solar-Hi-MO-X6-... With full systems below $1/watt. https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Moregosolar-hybrid-solar-system-6KW-5KW_1600676066294.html https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Moregosolar-hybrid-so...

jtbayly 2y ago
Misses the point of the article, which is to explore far beyond that cost.
- sitkack 2y ago
  It doesn't, this is a snapshot of the costs now, you know what they were 5 years ago you can extrapolate a curve. The costs are still falling and will continue to fall. I should be able to supply a data point of the cost of panels today without getting admonished as being off-topic, rtfm.
  - eigenspace 2y ago
    Yes it does miss the point. Panels are no longer the expensive part of solar. The expensive part is now things like labour, installation, and land acquisition, and bringing those costs down is going to be hard.
    - sitkack 2y ago
      My links showed that panels are demonstrably not the primary cost.
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Xt-6 2y ago
I have used to https://www.solarpricewatcher.com/ https://www.solarpricewatcher.com/ to find panels.
kragen 2y ago
wholesale it's €0.07/watt (peak) https://www.solarserver.de/photovoltaik-preis-pv-modul-preisindex/ https://www.solarserver.de/photovoltaik-preis-pv-modul-preis...
tails4e 2y ago
The price to get solar installed in the US is insanely high compared to the cost of the materials. I've seen my extended family get quotes north of 40k for modest installs. I got a modest system with batter for around 9k in the EU, and id say I'd install the same for under 5k at today's prices.
- sitkack 2y ago
  A kitchen remodel in a high income city in the US is 75k-100k for something basic. The lopsidedness of US prices for light construction projects is a huge problem.
  - ben_w 2y ago
    And there I was, thinking spending ~£€10k each for two kitchens recently was extravagant.
    - pcurve 2y ago
      What country are you based?
      - ben_w 2y ago
        One is in the UK, the other is in Germany.
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        dzhiurgis 2y ago
        Did that net you a dishwasher?
        oezi 2y ago
        Dishwashers cost 300-500 EUR in Europe.
93po 2y ago
It's super annoying to me to be paying $250 a month for a 1 bedroom apartment in Texas for electricity when $2200 of panels, which would be 8000 watts, would be more than enough for my needs during the day (as long as I didn't run the dryer at the same time as the AC, and also accounting for a 400W panel not usually making full power). Obviously other expensive hardware is needed too, but still.
- eigenspace 2y ago
  Do you have a balcony facing south? You might be able to just buy some solar panels, a battery, and a microinverter and set it up on your balcony. You won't be able to sell your electricity back to the grid, but you can perhaps greatly reduce the amount of grid electricity you use.
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jtbayly 2y ago

Misses the point of the article, which is to explore far beyond that cost.

sitkack 2y ago
It doesn't, this is a snapshot of the costs now, you know what they were 5 years ago you can extrapolate a curve. The costs are still falling and will continue to fall. I should be able to supply a data point of the cost of panels today without getting admonished as being off-topic, rtfm.
- eigenspace 2y ago
  Yes it does miss the point. Panels are no longer the expensive part of solar. The expensive part is now things like labour, installation, and land acquisition, and bringing those costs down is going to be hard.
  - sitkack 2y ago
    My links showed that panels are demonstrably not the primary cost.
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Xt-6 2y ago

I have used to https://www.solarpricewatcher.com/ https://www.solarpricewatcher.com/ to find panels.

kragen 2y ago

wholesale it's €0.07/watt (peak) https://www.solarserver.de/photovoltaik-preis-pv-modul-preisindex/ https://www.solarserver.de/photovoltaik-preis-pv-modul-preis...

tails4e 2y ago

The price to get solar installed in the US is insanely high compared to the cost of the materials. I've seen my extended family get quotes north of 40k for modest installs. I got a modest system with batter for around 9k in the EU, and id say I'd install the same for under 5k at today's prices.

sitkack 2y ago
A kitchen remodel in a high income city in the US is 75k-100k for something basic. The lopsidedness of US prices for light construction projects is a huge problem.
- ben_w 2y ago
  And there I was, thinking spending ~£€10k each for two kitchens recently was extravagant.
  - pcurve 2y ago
    What country are you based?
    - ben_w 2y ago
      One is in the UK, the other is in Germany.
      - deleted 2y ago
        [deleted]
      - dzhiurgis 2y ago
        Did that net you a dishwasher?
        oezi 2y ago
        Dishwashers cost 300-500 EUR in Europe.

93po 2y ago

It's super annoying to me to be paying $250 a month for a 1 bedroom apartment in Texas for electricity when $2200 of panels, which would be 8000 watts, would be more than enough for my needs during the day (as long as I didn't run the dryer at the same time as the AC, and also accounting for a 400W panel not usually making full power). Obviously other expensive hardware is needed too, but still.

eigenspace 2y ago
Do you have a balcony facing south? You might be able to just buy some solar panels, a battery, and a microinverter and set it up on your balcony. You won't be able to sell your electricity back to the grid, but you can perhaps greatly reduce the amount of grid electricity you use.
- deleted 2y ago
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