Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil fuels off the grid

Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by spydum on Friday July 12, 2019 @08:23PM (#20425719)

|A 6.6 kW system installed retails at(AUD 2700 /USD 1870)

Is that right? Pretty sure in the US most kits that size are literally 10x that cost?

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Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by zhoujianfu on Friday July 12, 2019 @11:26PM (#20426317)

Yeah, or 20x? In LA I just got exactly that size installed from Tesla and I think it was about $35K? That did include one powerwall (they tried to suggest two but I realized with net metering even one only made sense for the fun of it).

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Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by sgerenser on Saturday July 13, 2019 @08:52AM (#20427802)

Wow, hope the Powerwall was worth it. Recently got a quote for $16.5K for a 6KW grid-tie system installed (North Carolina, US). No batteries, but I’m pretty sure I’d come out way ahead just over sizing the array by 30-40% vs installing any sort of battery unless the prices come way down.

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Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by mechagodzilla on Saturday July 13, 2019 @12:16PM (#20428766)

I just installed a 5kW system in NY, and after incentives it was about $6700.

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