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I don't live nearly that far north and the low sun angle for much of the year frequent cloud cover and couple weeks a year that a panel will have snow on it add

I don't live nearly that far north and the low sun angle for much of the year frequent cloud cover and couple weeks a year that a panel will have snow on it adds up to it just not being economically viable vs other generation methods. If you DIY the whole thing out of used panels and other low cost parts then it makes good sense but that is a huge time sink but that's kind of the exception. I hate my utility and look into stuff like this every year or so so it's not like I'm using 2010 numbers for panel prices either.

bkor 2y ago
Have you also considered putting the solar panels straight up? This when using bifacial solar panels. Might help with getting the snow off. People started using them as fences, though you need the space/land for that. Also, the various times I noticed talk about solar panels in the US it seems it is way overpriced, coupled with more expensive options being chosen. E.g. loads of micro inverters where a string inverter would make way more sense (economical). Not affiliated, but e.g. https://www.solar-bouwmarkt.nl/ https://www.solar-bouwmarkt.nl/ (use Google Translate), how do those prices compare to what you're seeing locally for panels and string inverters?