youradhere@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago‘If 1.5m Germans have them there must be something in it’: how balcony solar is taking offwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up1609arrow-down112cross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.netnews@beehaw.org
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minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·12 hours agoIt’s going to be hard to justify production costs, but in places that subsidize it: it makes perfect sense to scale up solar wherever possible.
minus-squareSaleh@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoHard to justify costs? The article quotes 6 years of amortization. I know numbers around 8-10 years in Germany. Show me any consumer investment, that gives such a good ROI.
minus-squareKrik@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours ago8-10 years is a fully fledged pv system. The small balcony panels pay themselves after about 5 years, longer if you add a battery.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoThe actual problem are electricity prices rising higher and that shortens to time to reach the equilibrium between the investetment
It’s going to be hard to justify production costs, but in places that subsidize it: it makes perfect sense to scale up solar wherever possible.
Hard to justify costs? The article quotes 6 years of amortization. I know numbers around 8-10 years in Germany.
Show me any consumer investment, that gives such a good ROI.
8-10 years is a fully fledged pv system. The small balcony panels pay themselves after about 5 years, longer if you add a battery.
The actual problem are electricity prices rising higher and that shortens to time to reach the equilibrium between the investetment