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Tesla's Solar Roof Pricing Is Cheap Enough to Catch Fire
Tesla Inc. has begun taking $1,000 deposits for its remarkable solar roof tiles—to be delivered this summer at a price point that could expand the U.S. solar market.
Tesla will begin with production of two of the four styles it unveiled in October: a smooth glass and a textured glass tile. 1 Roofing a 2,000 square-foot home in New York state—with 40 percent coverage of active solar tiles and battery backup for night-time use—would cost about $50,000 after federal tax credits and generate $64,000 in energy over 30 years, according to Tesla's website calculator.
That's more expensive upfront than a typical roof, but less expensive than a typical roof with traditional solar and back-up batteries. The warranty is for the lifetime of your home.
"The pricing is better than I expected, better than everyone expected," said Hugh Bromley, a solar analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance who had been skeptical about the potential market impact of the new product. Tesla's cost for active solar tiles is about $42 per square foot, "significantly below" BNEF's prior estimate of $68 per square foot, Bromley said. Inactive tiles will cost $11 per square foot.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 14 2017, @05:48PM (2 children)
Solar doesn't get down anywhere even in the ballpark of 1% of its nominal efficiency on a cloudy day. That is simply a lie.
And your rant on subsidies isn't much better. It of course depends on the country, but at least in the US fossil fuels receive vast [investopedia.com] federal subsidies. By contrast there is a single [energy.gov] federal subsidy for solar. Drill an oil well and the company gets a 100% tax rebate on tangible costs, 100% rebate on intangible costs, 15% of their gross income completely tax free, and much more. The solitary subsidy for solar is a 30% consumer rebate - the company themselves get no direct refund on their costs. And that solar subsidy is set to decline to 26%, 22% and then 0% in 2021. The subsidies for oil have been increased over the years, and are permanent.
In any case this is all tangential and irrelevant to the biggest problem. Your post simply has no relevance to the topic at hand. This isn't a country replacing their infrastructure or whatever. This is a company offering individuals roofs that cost less than a traditional roof, look great, and generate free energy as a perk. Trying to be against this reeks of extreme bias which I think is supported by your misleading to plainly false supporting 'facts.'
(Score: 2) by Whoever on Sunday May 14 2017, @09:44PM (1 child)
Bullshit!
I installed solar panels on my house a year ago. During the course of that year, the lowest daily production was about 10% of the highest daily production. We did not see a single day during the year where production was effectively nil.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 14 2017, @10:19PM
Woosh!