You are probably more knowledgable than me. I am just here for the cake.
However, AFAIK the most fault prone components in PV are inverters and (where applicable) transformers.
> 5-10x more than what was mentioned.
This was my mistake. I started with 5c/W and missed a decimal place.
None of this addresses the key issue - you mentioned 10% loss for a simple DC converter, and the next commenter [1] mentioned the newer generation of far superior alternatives.
You are probably more knowledgable than me. I am just here for the cake.
However, AFAIK the most fault prone components in PV are inverters and (where applicable) transformers.
> 5-10x more than what was mentioned.
This was my mistake. I started with 5c/W and missed a decimal place.
None of this addresses the key issue - you mentioned 10% loss for a simple DC converter, and the next commenter [1] mentioned the newer generation of far superior alternatives.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37260441