Comments on: DOW Starts Mass Marketing Solar Shingles

By: Dow Solar Shingles Now Available in Northern California and Central Texas - CleanTechnica

Wed, 02 May 2012 09:00:35 +0000

[…] SharePin It Dow recently announced that it was expanding market availability of its solar shingles, the solar shingles are now available in Northern California and Central Texas (San Antonio and […]

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:16:00 +0000

Seems like Horton should build in Frisco, Tx ( North of Dallas) a new 3000 sq foot house cost about $300,000 and it seems 3kw would supply most of the electricity needed. I average about 1400 kw hours per month. I would love to know how much the roof cost with or without the Dow panels

By: Solar3D Working on Solar Roof Tiles | Planetsave

Solar3D Working on Solar Roof Tiles | Planetsave — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:27:10 +0000

[…] aptly, Solar3D). We’ve also been covering a certain solar technology — solar tiles (aka solar shingles) — for years. Now, it seems Solar3D is looking to get into the solar tiles […]

By: Solar Tiles by Solarcentury! (New)

Solar Tiles by Solarcentury! (New) — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:01:28 +0000

[…] this is quite reminiscent of solar shingles, which have been relatively slow to get off the ground here in the […]

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:11:00 +0000

hmm, haven’t heard anything since this news of the first commercial roll-out

By: ecd.fan

ecd.fan — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:51:00 +0000

Dow delayed making these Powerhouse solar shingles available to the public about 2 years because of a persistent moisture build-up problem inside the encapsulated cells. Can anyone show any reports or data where this has been cured….or is Dow just hoping for no fires and setting aside a huge amount of money for likely litigation and warranty claims?
Electricity and moisture don’t go well together.
Funny that these were “rolled out” in Colorado… right before winter.

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:37:00 +0000

Man, I pay upwards of $1000 in electricity bill in some winters. And $500,000 for a 2000 S.F. (as in my other comments) is not too expensive in this area so if I had a choice of adding solar shingles on my next new house for this price? I’m definitely taking them. Even 10% off on my utility bill would be awesome! I might need a new roof in five years. I hope the prices come down by then. A new roof on my house would probably cost me $15,000 as is! (I think I need to move, as Will said)

By: Will

Will — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:21:00 +0000

2205 to 4115 sq ft houses in the Northeast starting at $1 million in this housing market? It’s time to move…

By: Dcard88

Dcard88 — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:09:00 +0000

The builder is building for 100’s of homes so the price point may be close to making sense.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:09:00 +0000

good points.

By: Dcard88

Dcard88 — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:07:00 +0000

Come on guys. Of course they would start on higher end homes before going to mid priced. Keep in mind that people who can afford nice homes are the only ones buying anyway. In my neck of the woods, 1500 sq’ condos sell for $500K and a 2200 sq’ home goes for $700 and way up to coastal at a LOT more. The shingles prolly add $30K to $50K to the cost AND value. ~$10 per watt.

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 14:29:00 +0000

Oh….not in the Northeast. 2000 SF house with no land can easily go for $600,000 so I was just confirming the price. Where is this development being built?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:15:00 +0000

Yeah, a lot of folks seem skeptical about the shingles.

Dow may be looking to just market them as a boutique solar item and get good PR for it.

But I think they may be looking at scaling and dropping the price considerably in the coming years. (Solar is money & the bug businesses know it.)

But we’ll see..

By: Nicholas Brown

Nicholas Brown — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:34:00 +0000

$485,950 for the houses with the shingles. $485,950 for the shingles would be totally crazy. They wouldn’t sell a single one.

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:00:00 +0000

The article says, “Dow partnered with the home building company D.R. Horton to build homes with 3,000 watts (3 kW) of solar shingles installed on them. The size of the homes ranges from 2,205 to 4,115 square feet and the cost starts at $485,950.” So, I assumed the house includes these shingles but the second sentence got me to think that maybe the price is before the shingles. I live in the Northeast and 2,205 to 4,115 SF house can start at $1 Mil.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:55:00 +0000

“The size of the homes ranges from 2,205 to 4,115 square feet and the cost starts at $485,950.”

I see nothing in the article about the price of the shingles, but when I’ve looked into them previously they seemed too high priced for the power produced.

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:52:00 +0000

$485,950 for the house with these shingles or is this just for the shingles?

By: Nicholas Brown

Nicholas Brown — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:01:00 +0000

It really is $485,950. I guess they are high end houses.

By: Scott Jonker

Scott Jonker — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:01:00 +0000

$485,950??? This seems excessive. Typo?