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Solar energy has yet to get an order of magnitude even cheaper .Researchers claim a breakthrough in polymer solar cells; cheap & easy to manufacture solar cells that can be printed on rolls of plastic (www.pv-magazine.com)
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[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago

Solar cell price is now virtually irrelevant because the majority of cost is installation.

For example on a $10k install, if you bought the solar panels yourself you'd pay $2k for the panels.

So even if solar panels were free, it would only save 20%.

[-] Fermion@mander.xyz 14 points 3 days ago

Cheaper inverters and batteries would be the real game changers at this point. At least for DIY home solar.

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