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Its interesting to see consumption so low. Its my understanding there is a "last mile" problem with providing solar to homes and small business. There are not
by jhancock 17y ago
Its interesting to see consumption so low. Its my understanding there is a "last mile" problem with providing solar to homes and small business. There are not enough companies making it easy for the small adopter. Its certainly not at the home depot DIY level yet. Maybe panel costs is still a factor. I know of a company going after this space in EU and U.S. I'm sure they're happy to see price competition on the supply side.
- jacquesm 17y agodisclaimer: I've built a solar & wind powered home. The 'last mile' is literally the problem if you want to stay grid connected and have solar on the side you have to jump through all kinds of regulatory hoops depending on your local situation. The biggest critical component of a solar installation that is grid connected is the inverter and the disconnect setup, you will be spending a good bit of money on that. A typical inverter will set you back about $1/W. So you have to calculate that in as well, solar panels alone do not make it work, there is a large amount of money in mounting, inverters, cabling and installation involved. This is one of the factors that slow down adoption.
- pageman 17y agoyou might want to open source your installation details ala-Backblaze? :)