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Solar panel costs have plummeted from $6 per watt in 2000 to just 12 cents today (www.techspot.com)
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[–] 31 points 1 month ago (8 children)

I bought 3.5kw and a 10kwh battery in June and it's amazing. Bills are 90% cheaper and it'll pay for itself in 5 years with underwritten warranties for 25 years on the panels and 15 on the battery

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    How much did you pay for it all and did you use an electrician, solar company, or DIY?

    I been saving up to by outright at 30-40k though with energy rises not sure if it's better of to start earlier maybe even do less capacity with room to upgrade later.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    £9k through my energy supplier Octopus

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    living in capitalistic country with a super idiotic "leader" isn't helping me here lol. I hope one day to have the clean energy like you and a battery backup. We have had storms that caused a 6 day outage in the past..

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