PV Panels $
.98/Watt?

 

Pull in your spam antennas.  I have no connection to this company except I
bought an EU-2000 from them once, and I may buy a new PV panel from them
tomorrow if those prices are real.  At that price, they have the SUN-130 and
SUN-150. The minimum number of panels they will ship is two.  I hope to
drive down there tomorrow and pick up one.

http://sunelec.com/
http://sunelec.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id57

Two years ago we were talking about a silicon & carbon shortage and
impossibly growing PV prices.  Is the PV industry facing over production
now?  How quickly things change.

Vaughn
 

 



Hey Vaughn, If you can confirm those prices, I might just be interested
in getting a few up here...

BTPOST

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Bruce in alaska
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I just got back from Miami.  Picked up one Sun-130 panel for exactly the
advertised price.  It seems to be well made.  It will take me a day or three
to get it installed & tested.

The place is right downtown & near the Port of Miami.  Just like when I was
there before, it was cramped, crowded & busy.  They have been in that
business for several years that I know of.  Would not be surprised to find
out that their main market is in South America & the Caribbean.  I purchased
my EU-2000 from them perhaps 5 years ago.


Vaughn

 

vaughn wrote:


This might tell a bit of the story (mind the wrap):

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/09/04/half-of-solar-firms-to-fail-analyst-says/?mod=yahoobarrons

(I can't speak to the reliability of the article.)

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

 



http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/09/04/half-of-solar-firms-to-fail-analyst-says/?mod=yahoobarrons
Wow!  "...could drop below $
a watt next year, and to 50 cents a watt in
2011. If that happens, he says, up to half the more than 200 solar
manufacturers won't survive."

The next year or two could be a real "sweet spot" for those who are
considering a new PV system.  After that, a combination of rising prices
from the expected recovery and lost production from the dropped-out
producers will swing the pendulum the other way.

Even with drastically lower prices, the economics of my little system are
simple.  My PV system's calculated payback time is...NEVER.  I consider my
system a hobby and also part of my hurricane preparations.  If the power
goes out, there are a few lights in my house & yard that will stay lit as if
nothing had happened.  Come back a week later, and they would *still* be
lit.  No generator, no noise, no fuel, no "nuthing"; they just work.

Vaughn