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Chris Remington ( remington@beehaw.org ) MA to Technology · 1 month ago

Solar panel costs have plummeted from $6 per watt in 2000 to just 12 cents today

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Solar panel costs have plummeted from $6 per watt in 2000 to just 12 cents today

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Chris Remington ( remington@beehaw.org ) MA to Technology · 1 month ago
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At Bestway Cement's plant in Chakwal, Pakistan, solar already supplies more than a quarter of the electricity used to make cement. The company has 26MW installed and...
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    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

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      What battery is that? Most I’ve seen have a 7-10yr warranty

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        FOXESS EVO10

        From octopus

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      How much did you pay for it all and did you use an electrician, solar company, or DIY?

      I been saving up to by outright at 30-40k though with energy rises not sure if it’s better of to start earlier maybe even do less capacity with room to upgrade later.

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        £9k through my energy supplier Octopus

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          living in capitalistic country with a super idiotic “leader” isn’t helping me here lol. I hope one day to have the clean energy like you and a battery backup. We have had storms that caused a 6 day outage in the past…

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            It’s great. I have an EV and fill it up when the price goes negative when there is loads of wind and solar.

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              Yeah I have an EV already which in 3 years still with grid I’m sure saved a lot. I was doing $160 / month on gas with my normal commute.

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      I’m an electrician and would do it myself if I wasn’t covered by trees with a house facing north in one of the least sunny parts of the country lol

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