OT: solar panels and battery

[theRU]

We got a lot of knowledge on this board. I'm looking into a solar install (I'm in southern California).

Any insights into what setup you went with?

So far I got directional pricing from sunrun (through Costco) and it was $70000 with a powerwall and about an 8.2 kwh system. I didn't go any further as this was almost double what Tesla has on their site ( Tesla is just above a 9kwh with powerwall for around 36)

 

[Knight Shift]

We got a lot of knowledge on this board. I'm looking into a solar install (I'm in southern California).

Any insights into what setup you went with?

So far I got directional pricing from sunrun (through Costco) and it was $70000 with a powerwall and about an 8.2 kwh system. I didn't go any further as this was almost double what Tesla has on their site ( Tesla is just above a 9kwh with powerwall for around 36)

Be VERY careful with Sunrun. But it seems like you already figured that out.

These threads have good info.

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I have been talking with a company about getting panels put on my roof. Their deal is nothing down and a fixed payment per month for 25 years which guarantees to cover the first x killowatt hours with the utility picking up after that. Anyone else have panels on their roof? If so did you buy...

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In this one, you may want to consider the advice of @knightflight

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Keep the political rancor out. Economics only please So electricity rates in Europe are negative now due to the huge storm raging there now. If there was massive battery farms this energy could be stored when the wind stops blowing. Same for Solar farms. Who has installed Solar and what has...

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