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I wouldn’t say it’s meaningless, but with the increased cost of almost everything, it’s admittedly a drop of water in the ocean.
I’m grateful, I had a home built in 2021 and installed solar and battery on it, so two major fluctuating and rising costs (rent and electric) are non-issues for me. It goes a long way towards stability, financially speaking.
Nice. I’m a bit jealous.
I finally saved up a bit to install solar (without a loan, PPA, or lease), but my older house has too much shade and companies were too scammy.
Sorry to hear that.
I got a couple utterly stupid high quotes from national installers who didn’t even scope my property or space allocation, azimuth, nothing. Skipped those.
I lucked out with a local installer. They aren’t amazing or anything, but weren’t scammy and worked fast and professionally once the permits were sorted. They sent someone to my house for the initial estimates and investigation and no hard sell when I told them what I wanted. Paid cash in three agreed installments at build milestones.
Only bad thing was I was originally supposed to get a 16kw battery but ran into the LG battery debacle mid-process and they couldn’t provide it. We negotiated a 10kw solar edge battery and in exchange they comped me two more panels, bumping me from a 5.6kw system to 6.4kw, which worked out fine in the end.
I’d like more battery in the future, but I’ll deal with that down the line since the battery warranty (and lifespan) will lapse well before the panels do.
Yeah sure, better something than nothing. Yet it reminds me of those black Friday deals that are 50% off the price that was raises by 60% yesterday 😁
Also, wouldn't say going solar eliminated the cost of power. Just lowered it and moved it to maintaining the panels and the battery. Sadly doesn't help me very much, my hobby alone consumes "a family of 8" according to my power company. But it does the basics 😉
Yikes. My solar setup is pretty close to net-zero usage (generally covers between 98% to 102% of my usage year to year), and my county does net metering so at most I have a connection fee and one small partial bill annually.
Admittedly, the initial buildout was pricey ($33k), but tax subsidies were still in place at the time and after the rebates the cost was only $22k. Was worth it, since it was more for ensuring stable power during outages since I work from home. The monthly power billing was an afterthought, but nice nonetheless.
98% coverage sounds awesome. Well worth it, either way. yet takes some years to amortize.
Here (Germany) it's quite nicely subsidized. Can even get a charging station for your EV for free.
I don't work, so it's just "for fun" here, but would only ever recommend to to solar. Especially since prices are so high. Currently paying like 35 cent for the kWh. And my gaming rig and servers eat a lot of those. A lot 🫠