solar panel prices 2017

WaterWheel
WaterWheel Registered Users Posts: 375 ✭✭✭
solar panel prices dropping.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/solar-panels-now-so-cheap-manufacturers-probably-selling-at-loss/ar-BBxJAth?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp
Now if we can just get the price for inverters and batteries to drop as much.

Conext XW6848 with PDP, SCP, 80/600 controller, 60/150 controller and Conext battery monitor

21 SW280 panels on Schletter ground mount

48v Rolls 6CS 27P

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  • mkimki
    mkimki Registered Users Posts: 1
    A solar power system is customized for your home, so pricing and savings vary based on location, system size, government rebates and local utility rates. Savings on your total electricity costs is not guaranteed.There are many type of solar system in market.The price of solar system are low.For example: A system that costs $18,000 has a payback period of about 20 years. The cost of a solar panel today is around $3 per watt, and the extra cost of installation brings costs up to $5- $6 per watt.you can collect information about solar system price in internet...just search about solar system. http://www.jpost.com/PromoContent/8-Best-Reviewed-Portable-Solar-Power-Generators-for-2016-439477
  • isakshisinghal
    isakshisinghal Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭✭
    In 2017, many homeowners were paying somewhere between $2.80-$4 per watt to install solar, and the average gross cost of solar panels before tax credits was $16,800. Using the U.S, average for system size at 5 kW (5000 watts), solar panel cost will range from $10,000 to $13,500 (after tax credits). That’s 9% lower than it was a year ago, and solar panel system costs are continuing to fall.
    Sakshi Zolt
    Researcher, Working as a  solar panels for home Consultant
  • dennis461
    dennis461 Registered Users Posts: 109 ✭✭✭
    isakshisinghal , you should quote your source of information, it looks like you copied almost verbatim from
    https://news.energysage.com/how-much-does-the-average-solar-panel-installation-cost-in-the-u-s/

     
    Camden County, NJ, USA
    19 SW285 panels
    SE5000 inverter
    grid tied
  • Photowhit
    Photowhit Solar Expert Posts: 6,002 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In 2017, many homeowners were paying somewhere between $2.80-$4 per watt to install solar, and the average gross cost of solar panels before tax credits was $16,800. Using the U.S, average for system size at 5 kW (5000 watts), solar panel cost will range from $10,000 to $13,500 (after tax credits). That’s 9% lower than it was a year ago, and solar panel system costs are continuing to fall.

    Sounds like an article written in early 2017, Lots of solar imports and hence installations seem to be on hold until the government decides if and/or how much they will increase tariffs.
    Home system 4000 watt (Evergreen) array standing, with 2 Midnite Classic Lites,  Midnite E-panel, Magnum MS4024, Prosine 1800(now backup) and Exeltech 1100(former backup...lol), 660 ah 24v Forklift battery(now 10 years old). Off grid for 20 years (if I include 8 months on a bicycle).
    - Assorted other systems, pieces and to many panels in the closet to not do more projects.
  • ecarus
    ecarus Registered Users Posts: 4
    Looking to get a system probably next year, hoping too the price of inverters would drop.