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Re:Fossil fuels fall below 50% of US electricity for the fir... by xbmcuser on Monday April 21, 2025 @11:10AM (#43752839)
Equipment cost is actually not that much now it mostly labor and marketing. That is the main reason solar makes countries with cheap labor have huge advantage with solar. A similar system will cost $60k in the US to $15-20k in India and China
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Re:Fossil fuels fall below 50% of US electricity for the fir... by jandrese on Monday April 21, 2025 @04:29PM (#43756120)
Or Australia. For some reason Aussie installers are able to install systems for incredibly affordable prices. I'm always jealous when I see a quote from down under that is like a third of what I paid per watt in the US.
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Re:Fossil fuels fall below 50% of US electricity for the fir... by dalyons on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @12:09AM (#43759005)
baffles me! aussie labor is really expensive, so it makes even less sense. What is the US doing wrong?
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Re:Fossil fuels fall below 50% of US electricity for the fir... by ZeroGravitas on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @04:46AM (#43760196)
I think Australia is doing well compared with the average country (and also US is doing things wrong).

Discussion of what Australia is doing well here from a solar expert:

https://bsky.app/profile/solarchase.bsky.social/post/3lmz5rb...

"hypercompetitive and relatively low-regulation installation industry, roofs well suited to work without scaffolding, fairly standardized systems of average size ~8.1kW so not small"

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