Comments on: Solar Modules 20% Lower Than Last Year http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/23/solar-modules-drop-20-in-2013/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 06:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Bob_Wallace http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/23/solar-modules-drop-20-in-2013/#comment-232030 Sun, 15 Jun 2014 15:52:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54235#comment-232030 Costs vary a lot over states. I’ve seen some breakdowns but don’t recall the sites at the moment.

$3.64/W ($38,600 / 10,600) seems decent, based on the GMT 2013 averages. National retail average EOY 2013 was $4.59.

Lacking any knowledge about your local prices
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that seems like a decent deal to me.

Best panel price of 75 cents isn’t the wholesale price. That’s retail.
If your installer is active they are probably purchasing by the pallet but the Mitsubishi panels might not be the lowest price.

]]> By: Derek Kerton http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/23/solar-modules-drop-20-in-2013/#comment-232004 Sun, 15 Jun 2014 07:10:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54235#comment-232004 Thanks, Bob.

I’m being quoted (what looks like) a pretty good price for a system, and I’m just trying to validate whether it’s a good deal or not.

Installer has offered 40 Mitsubishi panels for 10,600W installed at $38,600 before gov’t incentives. But with wide ranging numbers on the net, such as this wholesale $0.75/W up to the SEIAs range which goes over $5/W installed…I’m not sure if I’m getting a fair deal or not!

Any thoughts?

]]> By: Bob_Wallace http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/23/solar-modules-drop-20-in-2013/#comment-232002 Sun, 15 Jun 2014 06:55:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54235#comment-232002 Here’s some sites you might find useful.

First, the avg price for a complete system in Germany. We (the US) seem to track Germany with a 2-3 year lag.

~$1.80/W. And their average is heavily weighted by small rooftop systems. Not a lot of utility scale in the German mix.

http://www.photovoltaik-guide.de/pv-preisindex

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US average system prices EOY 2013 –

Average all Sizes $3.04/W. Residential $4.59/W. Commercial $3.57/W. Utility Scale $1.96/W

The year on year average price drop was 15%, Residential was down 8.8%, Non-residential 16.3% and Utility 13.7%.

http://forms.greentechmedia.com/Extranet/95679/forms.aspx?msgid=v4or4vgm5jesdhr4a2pf0nsv
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Spot prices for silicon, wafers, cells and modules.

http://pvinsights.com/
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Best prices for end-user purchasing. $0.75/W. I think I paid over $10/W for my first panel.

http://www.ecobusinesslinks.com/surveys/free-solar-panel-price-survey/

]]> By: Derek Kerton http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/23/solar-modules-drop-20-in-2013/#comment-232001 Sun, 15 Jun 2014 06:24:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54235#comment-232001 Oh, and thanks for the article. Good pointers. I got the latest from SEIA at http://www.seia.org/research-resources/solar-market-insight-report-2014-q1

]]> By: Derek Kerton http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/23/solar-modules-drop-20-in-2013/#comment-232000 Sun, 15 Jun 2014 06:23:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54235#comment-232000 Chicken? Ha! I’ll sacrifice a 15 goats and my Sony Walkman if they can get that fixed across the whole Internet.

]]> By: Bob_Wallace http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/23/solar-modules-drop-20-in-2013/#comment-231998 Sun, 15 Jun 2014 06:05:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54235#comment-231998 Date in embedded in the browser address.

Request is in to the tech gods to put the date on the page. Sacrifice a chicken.

]]> By: Derek Kerton http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/23/solar-modules-drop-20-in-2013/#comment-231996 Sun, 15 Jun 2014 05:56:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54235#comment-231996 These articles that aren’t dated would be a lot more useful if they were.

]]> By: Ronald Brakels http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/23/solar-modules-drop-20-in-2013/#comment-173441 Thu, 25 Jul 2013 00:40:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54235#comment-173441 Heinbloded, those words, I do not think they mean what you think they mean.

]]> By: Bob_Wallace http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/23/solar-modules-drop-20-in-2013/#comment-173365 Wed, 24 Jul 2013 14:38:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54235#comment-173365 You can accurately say that panel prices have increased recently but the second part of your claim is unfounded.

The industry states that prices will soon start falling and will fall considerably below their previous low.

]]> By: xclvet http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/23/solar-modules-drop-20-in-2013/#comment-173359 Wed, 24 Jul 2013 13:58:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54235#comment-173359 Hype.

]]> By: xclvet http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/23/solar-modules-drop-20-in-2013/#comment-173358 Wed, 24 Jul 2013 13:57:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54235#comment-173358 http://solarabcs.org

]]> By: xclvet http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/23/solar-modules-drop-20-in-2013/#comment-173357 Wed, 24 Jul 2013 13:56:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54235#comment-173357 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/09/new-breakthroughs-in-anti-solar-propaganda/

Of course you’ll argue – that’s your game.

]]> By: heinbloed http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/23/solar-modules-drop-20-in-2013/#comment-173339 Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:26:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54235#comment-173339 The prices for modules are going up and no end in sight:

http://www.photon.de/news_archiv/details.aspx?cat=News_Archiv&sub=Wirtschaft&pub=1&parent=6353

]]> By: Bob_Wallace http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/23/solar-modules-drop-20-in-2013/#comment-173316 Wed, 24 Jul 2013 03:09:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54235#comment-173316 There’s some sort of a certification process being set up. I haven’t kept track of how far along it is.

Financing institutions are going to want some assurance that they are loaning money to projects which are being built with decent quality inputs.

]]> By: Steeple http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/23/solar-modules-drop-20-in-2013/#comment-173311 Wed, 24 Jul 2013 02:57:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54235#comment-173311 Is there anyone doing quality testing on these panels aka Consumer Reports to track the differences between manufacturers?

]]> By: Shiggity http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/23/solar-modules-drop-20-in-2013/#comment-173270 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 20:36:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54235#comment-173270 Unfortunately for the EU, that recent up swing now turning downwards, was all of their manufacturers going out of business and the tariff spat.

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