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Re:Tesla CTO: Batteries and Solar Will Lead to Cheap Electri... by IkmoIkmo on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @09:38AM (#9891163)
How does it differ from other countries? I've heard Germany's installation costs per watt are about 60% of the US rate, even though they access mostly the same market to procure panels, and that their customer aquisition, marketing costs etc are much lower. I guess some of it has to do with a national feed in tariff that generates a ton of easy inbound leads, but I'd love to hear the subtleties. (what is your startup btw)
Re:Tesla CTO: Batteries and Solar Will Lead to Cheap Electri... by diafygi on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @10:21AM (#9891372)
Great question. I'm not sure. Most of the research I've seen on this subject compares the U.S. and Germany.

http://emp.lbl.gov/sites/all/files/german-us-pv-price-ppt.pd...

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