Given the tarrifs and price flow in the BBB, panel prices will never be lower than .35 a watt (imported panels must cost that much or a dirty will be applied for the difference). Two Bit DaVinci covers it at 3:00 in this video: https://youtu.be/1nvhe2h82hY?is=5ivY0bV9cxC9T1h5
Where the fuck are you getting panels for $0.12/watt!?
€0.13/watt* here, random store I found online in my country, but it is a legitimate business, I checked that much. Not quite $0.12, but close enough and I didn't spend much time looking for it.
Though I feel like just a few months ago I couldn't find anything this cheap.
Either way, for me personally, my geographical location makes it kinda useless in the winter and for some months I'd have nothing to do with the excess I would produce from just a few panels - in the summer, there's no point selling to the grid during daytime and the nights are too short to make proper use of any stored energy, you'd have fully charged batteries all the time.
Couple of months in spring and fall where things would run into a nice equilibrium though. Unfortunately not enough savings to pay for a battery. Think sodium batteries will change that over the coming years though, so I might go for it eventually.
* just noticed this is excluding VAT, so add 24% on top - but then price comparisons make sense without VAT anyway, since that varies by country. I think most US states have much lower sales tax than our VAT.
Skimming the article I couldn't find any definition of terms, but I assume this is production cost, not cost to the end user after markups from the manufacturer, distributor, and retailer.
I bought 3.5kw and a 10kwh battery in June and it's amazing. Bills are 90% cheaper and it'll pay for itself in 5 years with underwritten warranties for 25 years on the panels and 15 on the battery
What battery is that? Most I've seen have a 7-10yr warranty
FOXESS EVO10
From octopus
For reference, 100W panels were running 66 cents/W when I did my build in 2023. Larger panels have always been cheaper per watt, but it means prices have dropped by up to 80% in just three years.
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