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Electronics Forum / Electronics / November 2007Solar power now werth it?
Origin have 1kilowatt solar power system fully installed for $4,495, after $8,000 goverment rebate and $1,000 renewable energy rebate. So all up it costs about $5 per watt for solar power that is meant to last 30 years. On average 1kw array will produce 6kw hours per day of actual back to grid energy. This makes the total lifetime power 65,700 kilowatt hours. Tarriff 11 is about 15.5 cents per kilowatt hour, so all up 65,700 watt hours is werth $10,183.50. So if you pay more than $85 per quarter on traff 11 it might now actually be cheaper to get solar power. >Origin have 1kilowatt solar power system fully installed for $4,495, after >$8,000 goverment rebate and $1,000 renewable energy rebate. So all up it [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >werth $10,183.50. So if you pay more than $85 per quarter on traff 11 it >might now actually be cheaper to get solar power. If you invested the capital cost in a term deposit at 5%pa interest (after tax), then after 30 years you would have $19427. If you invested it in your mortgage, then you would be even better off. - Franc Zabkar  SignaturePlease remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. >>Origin have 1kilowatt solar power system fully installed for $4,495, after >>$8,000 goverment rebate and $1,000 renewable energy rebate. So all up it [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >- Franc Zabkar The 1 Kw array for $4495 only makes 4 KWH a day not 6 . Its the 1.5 KWH one that makes 6. As Franc stated it just aint worth it. You are spending $4495 to make 4 KWH of electricity ,(worth 60 cents) a day. Thats a return of 4.8%. I can think of plenty of better ways of investing my money. The real ripoff is the high price of Solar panels in Australia. On average around $8 a watt, but in the US the same panels are $4 a watt. Something not right and it aint the exchange rate. mauried@tpg.com.au (Mauried) wrote in news:4744be8d.129026625 @news.tpg.com.au: > The real ripoff is the high price of Solar panels in Australia. > On average around $8 a watt, but in the US the same panels are > $4 a watt. Something not right and it aint the exchange rate. Thye're bulky. We're a long way from anywhere. Shipping costs, import duties (and of course a bit of profiteering on the part of the importers). GB -- .sig >mauried@tpg.com.au (Mauried) wrote in news:4744be8d.129026625 >@news.tpg.com.au: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >-- >.sig A lot of the more popular brands of Solar Panels are now made in Malaysia and the Phillipines,so the shipping costs to the US would be the same as to here. Its more likely that as there is a Govt subsidy available, the importers are just keeping the prices high. Subsidies usually always drive up the prices of what is being subsidised. > A lot of the more popular brands of Solar Panels are now made in > Malaysia and the Phillipines,so the shipping costs to the US would be [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Subsidies usually always drive up the prices of what is being > subsidised. Tell me about it , i used to buy 5000L water tanks for $650, now they are $1250 :( The dought and everyone buying them drove the prices up now down, and its not like there is a shortage, they are everywhere. >>>Origin have 1kilowatt solar power system fully installed for $4,495, after >>>$8,000 goverment rebate and $1,000 renewable energy rebate. So all up it [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >Thats a return of 4.8%. >I can think of plenty of better ways of investing my money. Aha, the economic rationalists are in for a rude shock... It is a near certainty that the real cost of purchasing domestic electricity will skyrocket in the next few years so the viability of "going solar" will be almost on a par. It also depends on the individual circumstances and where you live. If you live several hundred metres from the nearest power line route the $30k (or more) you are required to spend to have the power line extended makes solar power cheap by comparison. We don't all live in the city you know. > Origin have 1kilowatt solar power system fully installed for $4,495, > after $8,000 goverment rebate and $1,000 renewable energy rebate. So [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > more than $85 per quarter on traff 11 it might now actually be > cheaper to get solar power. But not as good a value as a 'basic spelling' course.... geoff >> Origin have 1kilowatt solar power system fully installed for $4,495, >> after $8,000 goverment rebate and $1,000 renewable energy rebate. So [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > But not as good a value as a 'basic spelling' course.... tis called slang. Now get that stick our of your a.s >> But not as good a value as a 'basic spelling' course.... > tis called slang. No, that was a spelling issue. > Now get that stick our of your a.s Correct Queen's english spelling is "arse". Another spelling issue: "our" should be "out". And while we're at it, there should be a full stop at the end. SignatureLinux Registered User # 302622 <http://counter.li.org> >>> But not as good a value as a 'basic spelling' course.... > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Another spelling issue: "our" should be "out". > And while we're at it, there should be a full stop at the end. None boters wit spelin or puntacion this daze. John Tserkezis <jt@techniciansyndrome.org.invalid> wrote in news:47469068$0 $4915$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au: > Correct Queen's english spelling is "arse". > Another spelling issue: "our" should be "out". > And while we're at it, there should be a full stop at the end. Not to mention, "anal retentive" should be hyphenated. GB Signature"Most police misconduct occurs when citizens challenge an individual officer's authority" (Reiss, 1971 c.in Jermier & Berkes 1979) > Not to mention, "anal retentive" should be hyphenated. And yet... :-) SignatureLinux Registered User # 302622 <http://counter.li.org> |
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