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PV Panel price

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  • 16-06-2017 10:07am
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    Ubbquittious
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    Are panel prices expected to dip much further in the near future? Are we near the point where you'll be able to pick up a 250W panel for €50 quid in the local co-op?


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    Yes.

    Lots of lab developments still to be commercialised.
    today's panels 16-20% are nearly twice as efficient as earlier 10% ones, so that saves 50% of materials.



    No. But that's more because of inflation and non-solar costs that can't be reduced, like overhead, the box, fixtures and fittings for a panel that size.

    Of course when flexible panels get cheaper you might pickup a roll.


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    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users Posts: 6,182 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Yes.

    Lots of lab developments still to be commercialised.
    today's panels 16-20% are nearly twice as efficient as earlier 10% ones, so that saves 50% of materials.



    No. But that's more because of inflation and non-solar costs that can't be reduced, like overhead, the box, fixtures and fittings for a panel that size.

    Of course when flexible panels get cheaper you might pickup a roll.

    I have a small 10w flex one that I got just to test but I reckon it would have to be well glued or screwed down onto a pallet or a sheet of marine ply to stop it catching wind so I'd prefer to stick to the aluminium frame ones.

    The frames aren't massively complicated so there might possibly be a few bob to be saved by buying cells & soldering


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