The first half megawatt

 After exactly 8 weeks operation, our rooftop solar panel installation
has just clocked up its first 500 kilowatt hours - a spectacular result
for an installation in central Europe in winter.
  Specifications:
  - 17x Schuco MPE 185 MS 05 Blackline panels,
        total collector area 21.7 m2
  - Diehl 4300 TL grid feed-in inverter

 
Nice one Tom. I am presently investigating!

 
21.7 square metres? Wow. That's almost as big as my south facing roof.

Anyway, well done, Tom. That's almost 9 kWH per day. My average consumption
is just under 8 kWH per day. Gas central heating helps keep the consumption
down, of course.

I'd love to know what you FIT is like. How long before you actually make a
profit?

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$600 each?
http://www.ecodirect.com/Schuco-MPE-185-MS-05-p/schuco-mpe-185-ms-05.htm

One day probably cost $60 each.

$10000 plus $1000 instalation? I pay less than $1000 a year for electricity,
not bad at 10-15 year cash pay back AND it'll still be worth quite a lot at
the end. It'll always mean a lot less bills for home ownwer. Say in ten
years still be worth $5000 to new owner if the house were sold.

 
£10,000 plus installation in the UK. And I pay less around £400 a year from
the grid. I suppose I MIGHT live long enough to break even ... around 25
years assuming 10% p.a. fuel inflation.

http://www.cjsolarsales.co.uk/calculator.php

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