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Originally Posted by john70t
Solar in the sunny USA is still relatively expensive after 40+ years, despite the fundage thrown at it haphazardly.
Lot of reasons for this...which range from conspiracy, to market demand, to whatever.
The technology of solar efficiency is increasing exponentially!
Everything from roof tiles to thin film paint applications could be a potential zero carbon footprint 40+ years from now.
It just hasn't hit the US market yet.
The sky needs to fall first.
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I am in the Solar Business. We are on the cusp of the systems being a decent payback. If you can install them yourself, including wiring and rack, the payback without a subsidy is around 10 years. With subsidy, 7 years, at $0.09/kWh. In California, they will payback in less than 2 years!!! This is because the price of electricity is outrageous.
My target is not everyone's house, but places where energy is very costly or power is intermittent or non-existent. We've been supplying systems for offshore platforms. We now make residential systems in various sizes. The target is Mexico, central America and other places where the power goes out frequently or there is no power.
My systems are for "Off Grid", RVs, backup power and places with brownouts and rolling blackouts.