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For the industry to have a future they need to massively reduce their labor costs. There is no other way. I am sorry. Companies cannot keep charging $40K for materials that cost $6K.

The reason we have not yet purchased solar panels, is that fee from installers. I am capable of installing panels myself. I do see prices coming down on panels as well. Glad I waited.

30% origination fees are ridiculously huge. For a car dealership, getting you a car loan might get a 250-500 flat payment, or depending on the bank, 1-2% of loan value, which can get up to maybe 3,000 on something like a Porsche or an Escalade. Cars are much easier for everyone involved in the loan process, so i would expect solar financing to earn more per loan, but 30% is like payday loan territory.

The problem is why you sold solar and why residents bought it. It should be about relief of reliance on the grid, power outage back up. Relief could be much more load transferred to solar/battery, building a system over time, and let the grid take 240v loads at first. Other loads could be on a different panel, powered by the solar/battery.

Great points! I makes me shake my head when I hear people talk down on people that get solar on their homes and i've even seen blogs where people talk about how the electric companies are suffering, etc.. Fact is the utility companies (Electric, Gas, etc) are NOT our friends and nobody should be worried about the survival of their electric or gas company as there will always be (for the near to medium future) a majority of people that buy their electricity. My own local electric company calls itself (the friendly company) on its commercials yet they raise their rates on us every year. People should be more worried that the cost of electricity and natural gas, etc. is rising by several % every year and that is why people need to explore getting solar and or wind energy and battery backup storage for their home for night use when solar is down or at least for emergencies if the grid is down and they are grid tied. People shoud be looking at their electric company as a backup to their solar system.

@slacayo

5 ай бұрын

I can’t agree more on this comment. My family and I are in the process of getting solar with home backup in the Bay Area. PG&E the company that pretty much was at fault for one of the most terrible forest fires in NorCal. They change the rules on NEM 3.0. The regulation has a new payment and compensation structure, which reduces the value of installing only solar panels across California and customers are having to pay for panels and batteries that PG&E is purchasing. It’s only gonna get worse and worse in terms of paying for electricity. If you can get solar with home backup and zero-out your bill that would be step one to energy independence.

@solartimeusa

5 ай бұрын

Thank you guys for leaving a comment, and yes I just visited San Diego at Intersolar North America and so many installers spoke about nem3, and how much of an effect it had on people and their ROI. I am so glad you both see the benefit, and the more independent we can be from the utility companies the better. Thanks again, Martyna

Very revealing, thanks for sharing behind the curtain! I've been observing the market in the UK and decided now is the time. I'm having 22 panels installed on my roof and the cost is about 75% of what it was a year ago.

@solartimeusa

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing! Europe and UK seems to be similarly affected as we are here in the US.

@UpsideDownFork

5 ай бұрын

@@solartimeusa Keep up the great videos! Such a brilliant resource!

Always nice to see what's going on in other countries. I have been off grid with no connection to any power company for over 5 years now with zero problems. Even my EV which I've had for nearly one year is 100% powered by daylight and charged from home. Another informative presentation Martyna and I like your smile !!!

@solartimeusa

5 ай бұрын

WOW! I love hearing stories like this! Can you share what kind of system you got? I am sure others would love to know too!

@AndyM...

5 ай бұрын

@@solartimeusa Thanks Martyna, so far I have 10kWp of panels, an SMA Sunny Island 8.0H and two 5kW Sunny Boys. This is coupled to 35kWh of BYD batteries. I live in North Queensland, Australia so have reasonable sun hours. No change to standard appliances, ie I still use an electric kettle, electric hot water and electric stove the system handles all that with ease !!!

Hey 👋 and Solar was doing well here in Ohio for a few years and now the Solar company's who installed most Solar systems are filling Bankruptcy and going out of business and that happened to the company that installed mine "Solar is freedom " gone and We have no warranty except through enphase who has taken care of me for any replacement parts I've needed and do the work myself..😊

@solartimeusa

5 ай бұрын

Hi John! Thank you for sharing. I am hoping that Enphase will continue to take good care of you. I wish you all the best, and we will wait out the storm, and hopefully in the future if you need help, you will get it as well. Stay well sir. Thank you again for leaving a comment.

I’m following the battery market - excited by the new advances on solid state and using Na vs Li to reduce costs. For home power - that uses SO much less than vehicles, prices should come down a lot. Combine this with improved smart breaker panels or alike to power only what you need when on battery - to make that last as long as possible, the batteries for homes can be paired down to what’s really needed vs. full-load. Oh!!!! And such a cute doodle!

@solartimeusa

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Yes i am looking forward to that too. Really curious when the smart panels will become more popular. For the past 4 years I have been seeing small interest, unfortunately, but looking forward to it for sure! Thank you for watching till the end!

Yesss! Thank you for saying it! We had some new net metering policies in Texas. And utility companies sell it so well to so many people. My CUSTOMERS ask me if they should go for it? I say, never trust them! They do not have our best interest at hearts. They worry about what will make them the most amount of 💰💰💰💰

There is a tsunami of cheap storage solutions for both solar and grid arbitrage (or "peak shaving"). Probably in the next two years, certainly once practical sodium batteries hit the market. In the meantime, IF you can manage it, NOW is a good time to do half the project and get some solar panels in place. And if you OWN a farm? You should look into bifacial panels erected along a North-South fenceline. Edit: Erected VERTICALLY. The panels themselves are relatively cheap, so you don't really need to maximize the panel efficiency like you used to. Panel costs are doing the same thing as computer storage, just at a slower pace. You need to have and maintain the fence ANYWAYS, it's not arable land, you're getting reasonable performance from the bifacial panels and eventually it becomes FREE energy. Think about what you can do with totally free energy on your farm.

BTW the graph you showed regarding China is the price of the solar cell, that silicon piece that goes in solar modules/panels. Not the cost of the panels themselves. But this goes to show that now glass + aluminum make a bigger part of the final cost than the solar cell itself!

Hi, might you have a video you can share on how one can go about adding solar to an existing system? I just bought a house with solar and would love to increase the capacity.

Sounds like good advice.

@solartimeusa

5 ай бұрын

Thanks :)

We can look at South Australia for lessons on large scale…state-wide…solar and wind / battery integration with the Grid. Exciting things have happened over the last 5 years or so.

@solartimeusa

5 ай бұрын

Thats great to hear, and yes I have also heard lots of good points from the Australian market, we/USA could definitely learn!

In Puerto Rico is going strong, about 4,000 installs per month now. Last year was 3k per month. Net metering has not yet become unfair. I think it might change in 2030. We got our system last year. It just makes a lot of sense in Puerto Rico to go solar. Specs: 20 modules (ET solar) 410w Solark 8k 10K battery (Gsl energy) (Yes I have learned a lot about the brands after installation) But installer is very good and has reputation

@solartimeusa

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing. I love to hear that in that part of the world its going strong! I am looking forward to better days in solar in USA soon too! How do you like your sol-ark set up??? I am a big fan :)

@Waldoe16

5 ай бұрын

@@solartimeusa It is really good! No problem yet. Next month becomes 1yr old. Can handle with ease everything we have thrown at is so far, no hiccup. Dryer and stove are seperate due to high load. We rarely reach 5KW use, we are usually around 300-600w. When power has gone out and at night, it still handles everything easily. It switches fast to battery/solar. Here we have frequent sudden drops in voltage and it handles it well. Counted over 250 notifications of grid disconnect. Solark disconnects from grid about 5 mins for every electrical abnormality. So far it has helped us a lot when power goes out. Hoping it lives at least 10-15 years.

@Waldoe16

5 ай бұрын

I am thinking of calling my installer to configure the solark to use battery at night after 12am till 6am to 50% everyday. I am thinking it make good use of the lifepo4 battery since it can handle +6000 cycles. It has been almost a year and the battery has gone only through 73 cycles. It is currently set to discharge till 80% every other day. I believe this can maximize ROI, what are your thoughts?

In my case the price of panels was not the issue. I asked several solar companies in my area about the low cost of solar panels and the total cost of installation. They told me that although the panel prices had dropped, the cost of labor and installation (the biggest costs) had risen making the net final cost about the same. If I could just buy the panels and plug them in myself I suppose I could save money, but going through a solar provider doesn't save anything at this point.

@solartimeusa

5 ай бұрын

I am sorry to hear that, what part of US are you in? And with the cost of labor, I have to disagree with what they told you. Not you :) THEM. There are so many unemployed installers, that also drove prices of labor down. At least in North Texas where I am.

@nevadaxtube

5 ай бұрын

I live in Nevada. The installers here can't find enough people to hire. Several companies told me it's their biggest problem. Thus, they are offering higher wages to attract more laborers. The higher wages more than exceeds the price drop on panels.@@solartimeusa

@LarryRichelli

5 ай бұрын

@@solartimeusa Funny the price of installers could be so different between North Texas and central Texas (San Antonio). I have been getting nothing but outrageously high quotes!

@simon359

5 ай бұрын

Best thing to do is learn how to do it yourself! It’s not anywhere as hard as people seem to think.

Hi Martyna, what is a good website to buy a DIY system from for a good value or just a good site to piece together a good system? Preferably REC w String. Thanks and great show!🎉

@solartimeusa

2 ай бұрын

Hey Ryan! signaturesolar.com/?ref=C33oA3Dr2JKSe is a good place to start. They will be helpful too if you give them a call, or email them. They are Texas based but ship across USA I believe. Thank you for the comment, good luck! Oh and Will Prowse is great when it comes to DIY systems.

You are such a beautiful person in every sense of the word. Beautiful in mind, body and spirit. Wish you ran a company in the UK for our upcoming purchase of a 10-12kW solar system with 20kW of storage. We may go Sunsync which I don’t believe is available in US.

@solartimeusa

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for leaving a comment, I appreciate your kindness, and yes that product is not yet available in USA. I am happy for yo and wish you a lot of sunshine! :)

@stephenrussell6074

5 ай бұрын

@@solartimeusa my comment is not only out of kindness it is a statement of fact. 🙂

Solar will soon be on full refit cycles where 25 year old systems will need updating. Don’t see many firms specifically target that yet.

@solartimeusa

5 ай бұрын

Not many, but there are a few. Ontility is working on recycling and reusing ideas for older panels. I am curious how that will play out too.

@stephenrussell6074

5 ай бұрын

@@solartimeusa yes the companies that win on this will be the ones with the best model for reusing or recycling the equipment they remove. Also if they need to redo the fixings and cabling. The better they can use the residual equipment as well as disposing of that replaced. I expect the best option would be a coop of installers so they can take advantage of people familiar with the fixings and kit used within the collective. They can also set up the logistics for recycle/reuse with the huge advantage of scale. As with all such things the early entrants will likely reap the rewards but also need to be more risk aware.

If anyone wants to know where this is all going they should read/watch Tony Seba.

If only I could predict the future, I would have saved a ton on my roof top solar. Pretty sure I’ll have to add storage to offset the lack of net metering. I hope the cost is economically feasible.

@solartimeusa

5 ай бұрын

Hey Frank! The thing is that if you waited, every month you wait you pay $100 or $150 to utility, so those money that you have already saved count towards your system. Waiting a few years means paying to utility more, so overall youre good, the battery wait is worth it! So don't feel bad :)

@brusso456

5 ай бұрын

the lithium battery prices will fall by 50% next year.

The equipment prices are very reasonable, it's the insane rates the installers are charging that is killing the market in the states! Uncle Sam increased the tax credit, the installers made up that difference and more, fleecing customers all the way to the bank!!!

How do you best deal with municipalities that only have buy all/sell all. Even if I have a solar and battery, my util would still charge me .12/kw to store it vs the .13/kw if I didn’t have solar. A reduction of .01/kw doesn’t seem worth it.

@solartimeusa

5 ай бұрын

Could you tell me the name of it? I want to look into their buyback information and interconnection agreements. I never dealt with one that says buy all sell all.Never even heard of one that makes you sell all of your production to the utility company. What about self consumption?

@cgutowski471

5 ай бұрын

@@solartimeusa no self consumption allowed, only buy all/sell all. I have to get a link to the site.

I am seeing the solar companies here in Texas not lowering their prices at all. I just pulled out of a solar deal and am now just looking a for a private person to install the panels I can get a good deal on and instead of grid tie, buying enough batteries that I can live off of and just turn my grid power off.

@Superiorsolarconsulting

5 ай бұрын

That’s because everybody thinks these systems are overpriced but the real cost to run a construction company and actually execute a job is far more than the price of panels and inverters. They are already offering you the best deal they can. (Most of the time)

@LarryRichelli

5 ай бұрын

@@SuperiorsolarconsultingWait a minute,To say that these companies are giving the best deal they can is absolutely wrong and is just opposite of what you were saying in this video!

@brusso456

5 ай бұрын

lithium battery prices will fall by 50% next year.

@Superiorsolarconsulting

5 ай бұрын

@@brusso456hopefully! But I’m estimating a gradual decrease. Not 50%

@brusso456

5 ай бұрын

@@Superiorsolarconsulting kzread.info/dash/bejne/po5mqrxqqMbNqKw.html

Just went to Tesla site we pay about $350 on average for electricity. Panels plus power wall is $58,600 in south Florida. How is this a lower price. Can you give a better price. That is not cost effective for us. Sorry, next page at the Tesla website said $83,400 before incentives😢😂😢😂😢😮

The grid is extremely expensive. If you are replacing all fossil fuels with nuclear electricity, then you need a bigger capacity national electrical grid. Nobody talks about how insanely expensive the grid was to build and maintain. And a grid 5 times bigger ??? Hello 👋 hello anyone home, hello 👋 Home generation and storage does not need grid supply. I think that is the future as we move away from fossil fuels.

US Patent #11,939,963 Frictionless Spinning Energy Device Issue date 03/26/2024

Proszę o możliwość przetłumaczenia również na polskie napisy

CA just raised the electric rates by a huge amount in the past month.. Will that make a difference??

@solartimeusa

5 ай бұрын

I am sure it will, and California will be huge on grid-tied batteries, that allow mainly for self-consumption, and as a side benefit provide back up power. Thoughts?

@twistedhillbilly6157

5 ай бұрын

@@solartimeusa As you know,, I am extremely skeptical of everything they do.. but these are facts: They are offering big rebates on back up batteries but only if they get charged with grid power.. I just got a small back-up generator rebate for the full amount.. 500 MAX is what they allow.. Oddly small gas engines are being out-lawed too.. I can't post links,, but the biggest company is PG&E, it's easy to find them on the web and read about their programs.. No one gets help to be independent,, they have to be able to flip a switch on you to get anything.. Some programs are limited to rural areas (like me) because we get shut off more often for safety concerns.. I can't say too much due to cen...sor...ship but the ties between companies and officials are abundant...

u forget ppl with solar in florida insurance company them i no a few ppl not getting solar because they have a hard time to find insurance for them

@solartimeusa

5 ай бұрын

That’s a very fair point and yes, big problem in Florida… are you there? Why do you think it’s the case? Is is the weather? Or sth else? We get a shit ton of hail in Texas, have been for years and insurance doesn’t have that much of an issue with it… Share for sure! And thanks for brining it up?

@shaunstewart9718

5 ай бұрын

my parents live down there because of hurricane that what they r saying @@solartimeusa

i would add a third reason when people pay 1 € per kw/h i the expensive hours they will learn the value, no matter the reasons you give i saw the states have a plan to use more green energy now, so maby one day it might be like other places.. where the energy is not cheap from burning coal, and you have top pay for destroying the planet ;-)

Corporations in legislators' pockets is the big problem today.

@solartimeusa

5 ай бұрын

😭😭😭😭

If you can't legally talk about something in the United States, then we are in major trouble.

@solartimeusa

5 ай бұрын

Seems like it. Some financing companies do not allow us to even display the dealer fee to homeowners. Which is absolutely disgusting in my opinion…

@Krunch2020

5 ай бұрын

If SunRun threatens you it’s imperative to document it. Their solar lease scam and hard sell tactics need to stop. I was yelling at their salespeople in Costco just the other day to make sure everyone in the store knows they are a problem, not a solution.

@Hansen710

4 ай бұрын

@@solartimeusa please show me anyone onnest you can borrow money from, thats why i pay for what i own... banks are the places that have avoided most tax in the historie, while they made people pay more and more i have stopped using fiat money and banks, crypto makes so much more sense.. why borrow when it is posible to make the money, you can set the clock after things go up in the crypto marked. banks and fiat only offer dept my crypto miners print their own money, why buy or work for fiat, when you can print real money in your own home

Still lower than DIY, buying a pallet of panels? 😉

@solartimeusa

5 ай бұрын

You know some installers that liquidate their stock are going as low as 12 cents per watt, making some 400W panels as low as $48... UNHEARD OF!

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@solartimeusa

5 ай бұрын

Elaborate please 👌🏼🙏

Batteries are cheap now too

@solartimeusa

5 ай бұрын

Getting there yes!!!

@user-ku9oj4bf6j

5 ай бұрын

Getting there but not there yet.