solar power that good the bad and the ugly

[tina&steve]

after getting another scary leccy bill thinking of getting solar any ideas who to use or not to use? the rough cost on a 4kw system?

 

Thanks in advance

[Guest StevenH]

Finn Peacock has a great site that gives lots of unbiased information on solar power, he's Adelaide based as well.

 

An excerpt of the info you're interested in...

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[TD]Typical cost of an installed 1.5kW solar system:[/TD]

[TD]$6,000[/TD]

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[TD]Government Rebate:[/TD]

[TD]$3,000

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[TD]Cost to you for 1.5KW of solar power:[/TD]

[TD]Approx $3,000[/TD]

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Approximate Costs of Bigger Solar Systems After Rebates.

 

The wide variation in pricing is mainly down to the quality of the hardware used. To use a car analogy (as most people are more familiar with car brands than solar power brands!) expect the lower price range to be "Hyundai/Kia" level brand and the upper price to be "BMW/Lexus" level brand. I'll leave you to decide if BMWs are worth paying more for than Hyundais!

As at January 2012

2kW : $3,500 - $6,500

3kW : $5,500 - $9,500

4kW : $8,000 - $12,500

5kW : $11,000 - $16,000

10kW: $20,000 - $35,000

[Guest MrsHills]

We used ZEN, brilliant, nothing bad to say about them (YET!!!) been installed for 2yrs now tho

[solar panel123]

Do visit https://www.futuresolarwa.com.au/