[RE-wrenches] Fwd: Solar Panels for 98 Cents Per Watt

[Windsun@wind-sun.com]

We used a few a while back on some Grundfos SQF pumps, but quit when we 
figured out that the extra shipping and mount costs made them about the same 
price per watt as a standard UPS shippable panel. Note that the 60 watt 
Kaneka are NOT UPS shippable, while the Kyocera 130's and similar sized 
panels ARE. The Voc is also around 80 volts, so you need an MPPT controller 
for battery systems.

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Northern Arizona Wind & Sun - Electricity From The Sun Since 1979
Solar Discussion Forum: http://www.wind-sun.com/ForumVB/
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Click" <daveclick at fsec.ucf.edu>
To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Fwd: Solar Panels for 98 Cents Per Watt


> In Photon's side-by-side module test a few years ago, I remember that one 
> of the worst-performing modules (in kWh/kW) had marketing materials that 
> targeted the off-grid market. The author suggested that by targeting 
> off-grid, they were able to obscure their low production- perhaps another 
> reason why this email is targeting that market.
>
> That being said, those 98c/W Kanekas look interesting...
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Fwd: Solar Panels for 98 Cents Per Watt
> From: Windsun at wind-sun.com <windsun at wind-sun.com>
> To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
> Date: 2009/12/10 12:21
>
>> That 98c/w is for those Kaneka high voltage thin film panels. Not a bad 
>> price per watt, but they are pretty inneficient - around 7% - so they 
>> take up twice as much space for the same watts.
>>
>> The blems that I saw were also more than just "spotting".
>>
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>> Northern Arizona Wind & Sun - Electricity From The Sun Since 1979
>> Solar Discussion Forum: http://www.wind-sun.com/ForumVB/
>> .................................................................................................. 
>>  ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howie Michaelson" 
>> <howie at suncatchervt.com>
>> To: <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 7:02 AM
>> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Fwd: Solar Panels for 98 Cents Per Watt
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> The message below was received by a friend of mine who has done all his
>> own installation work, including being an early adopter of the FIT 
>> program
>> while living in Germany many years ago.  He is wondering if this is a 
>> good
>> deal for his off-grid system.
>>
>> What thoughts are there about the points made in this pitch?  This is the
>> type of marketing that more and more of my clients are seeing.
>>
>> Has anyone had any traffic with Sun Electronics that they care to relate?
>>
>> And, I thought at least the Evergreen blemishes were about minorly
>> misaligned cells, not spots.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Howie
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