Re:Pakistan says rooftop solar output to exceed grid demand ...
by testing22321 on Thursday November 27, 2025 @03:46PM
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We got roof top solar 1.5 years ago in Canada. Payoff will be 6-5 years, but we got an interest free loan to cover it.
So we’ll just pay what we would have for power for those years ~$1000 a year, then we’ll have free power for 20 more, saving something like $20,000 for $0 investment.
Re:Pakistan says rooftop solar output to exceed grid demand ...
by applied_heat on Thursday November 27, 2025 @05:20PM
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Where in Canada?
Re:Pakistan says rooftop solar output to exceed grid demand ...
by testing22321 on Thursday November 27, 2025 @08:38PM
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BC. Tight valley, TONS of snow.
Re:Pakistan says rooftop solar output to exceed grid demand ...
by toomuchtodo on Thursday November 27, 2025 @02:40PM
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Rough location (if you feel comfortable sharing ground truth)?
Re:Pakistan says rooftop solar output to exceed grid demand ...
by tibbydudeza on Thursday November 27, 2025 @03:03PM
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South Africa - load shedding is a curse word here :).
Re:Pakistan says rooftop solar output to exceed grid demand ...
by toomuchtodo on Thursday November 27, 2025 @03:07PM
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Great to hear about the fast payback period, wishing you reliable power :)
Re:Pakistan says rooftop solar output to exceed grid demand ...
by kragen on Thursday November 27, 2025 @03:10PM
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tibbydudeza didn't post about a fast payback period. Maybe neebz is his wife?
Re:Pakistan says rooftop solar output to exceed grid demand ...
by toomuchtodo on Thursday November 27, 2025 @04:18PM
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Broadly speaking, payback period in South Africa is very fast due to similar grid economics to Pakistan.
Re:Pakistan says rooftop solar output to exceed grid demand ...
by kragen on Thursday November 27, 2025 @04:42PM
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But neebz may not be in Pakistan either. Oh, they are: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43622584
Re:Pakistan says rooftop solar output to exceed grid demand ...
by tibbydudeza on Friday November 28, 2025 @04:20AM
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Payback - I never factored that in or even thought about that.
I was more concerned about having reliable power and reducing my electricity bill.
The daily 2-hour power cuts were getting out of hand, and I was running my business from my home office, so the tax incentives helped slightly.
The grid is more stable now as new power units became available but a big chunk of middle-class consumers using solar are using way less power now, so the local town councils are having problems balancing their books (town councils re-sells electricity from the national operator).
Also the national grid is notorious for it's frequent blackouts (load-shedding) since the early ’90s. Solar allowed us to have uninterrupted supply in the mornings and longer backups during night.