Comments on: 3 Charts Showing that Solar Power Has Hit a Tipping Point

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Sun, 20 May 2012 13:54:00 +0000

yep, just posted on the new rates in Germany.

good stuff

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By: Trey Wedge

Trey Wedge — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:56:00 +0000

When comparing fueled systems to non fueled systems the main distinction seems to be payback period. As far as I’m concerned if the paypack = < lifetime of the system, it's a win. I think industry in the US typically uses 3-4 year payback, and systems are still viable today. I have no idea where they come up with a 13 year viability number. I like Jan's figures coming from a place where distributed/renewables are considered positive.

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:39:00 +0000

The 2025 figure for large scale plant viability doesn’t sound right when we hear about new large scale plants everyday here on cleantechnica.

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:58:00 +0000

Prices in the Netherlands (not the most sunny country in Europe) already show prices (installed) for about EUR 2.10 per WP EUR 8400 for a 4000 W system, result is a price per kWh of about 0.15, retail rate is about 0.22.

EUR 0.15 is about USD 0.19 much lower then claimed.

Germany is even cheaper and this is for a relatively small roof top installation.

The tipping point is there! But most people don’t realise this.