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  • Jimmycakes@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    In america the installation costs as much as or more than the panels. Until the install costs come down no one is going to do it.

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      1 year ago

      About a third of the houses in my neighborhood have gone solar. My household was one of the first to do it about five years ago and every time I go for a walk I notice a new one that popped up. Our solar system payment is about half what our electric bill used to be and we make more electricity than we use every month of the year, even with charging a plug-in hybrid car. Far from “no one is going to do it.” I frankly don’t understand why more people don’t do it.

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        1 year ago

        Keyword coop. People hate sharing here. It’s like a “socialist threat” to their autonomy.

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      1 year ago

      Weird, here we got 11kW solar panels with inverter and 7½ kW battery for USD $12900,-. Installation (starting monday next week) is USD $ 4300,- complete with panels, wiring, inverter and battery including authorized electrician to connect it.

      Meaning installation is only a fourth the total price. So clearly the panels are way more expensive, and that is in Denmark, where skilled workers are among the highest paid in Europe. AND on a ceramic tiled roof, which is the most demanding and expensive to have it installed on.

      This is a completely new solar panel installation, which should begin next week. so prices are as they are now here.

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      For the above prices the hardware needed for installation is included with the panels.But I think that’s standard.

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        1 year ago

        Insurance companies have a lot of bullshit rules in certain states about the roof(Florida) which drives up the costs to install.

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          1 year ago

          That sucks, seems like an opening for an Insurance company to capture some market share. Unless of course it’s all one big cartel.