Solar Costs And Energy In The United States

America is pretty cool, sometimes.  Like, 4x4 trucks, and bald eagles cool.  Like, 3-liter bottles of corn syrup-rich soda cool.  Also, cool like Mr. T the true American original.  Also, we have some cool innovation.   Here in the nation of technology leadership and free-market enterprise, American tariffs have more than doubled the price of solar. Luckily we still have a lot of other pre-existing incentives that will off-set the Trumpian tariff act on solar panels. 

Tariffs On Solar

However, The tariffs are hitting the U.S. domestic market. Improving these regulations, primarily at the local and state level, could be the most significant opportunity for U.S. solar policy in 2018.

To highlight the possibility, let’s look at Australia, where approximately 2 million solar systems have been successfully and safely installed.

As of early December, established prices in the central Australian markets were at $1.34 per watt, contrasted to $3.25 per watt in the U.S. What does that difference come from?

In Australia, there is no permitting method. You send your request for interconnection online and go install it. The figure below highlights the relative mass of valueless work needed to satisfy current city-level bureaucracy in the U.S., which adds within two and six months to delivery time and 47 cents per watt of price directly to the installed system. That’s more than the cost of the panels themselves!

The U.S. National Electrical Code commands a best practice that more than doubles the installation time concerning Australia and adds incremental hardware expense, collectively adding 49 cents per watt to the expense of solar. There is no discernable differentiation in the quality and safety of solar installations abroad relative to the U.S.

There are no tariffs on imported hardware in Australia because it’s evident to all that the jobs in solar are in sales and installation, not in production. That’s another 21 cents per watt in the Australians’ pocket — and a thousand dollars back into the economy per system sold.

And because solar is so much cheaper, as well as faster and easier to buy, it’s also much less expensive, faster and easier to sell. Acquisition costs in Australia average $400 per installed consumer, associated to $2,500 in the U.S.

Lower Expense

At a lower expense and without the two- to six-month wait time and all of the licensing complexity, cancellation prices are minimal, compared to an average of about 30 percent for reputable U.S. companies. How many other electronics acquisitions do you know of that take up to half a year to be installed? That’s extra 42 cents per watt of lower solar expenses.

There are a lot of considerations to be made when thinking about the cost of solar in the United States at the moment. However, don't be dismayed.  The cost of solar panels is still at an all-time low.  Don't miss your chance to go solar today. Move into the future with solar with the help of HahaSmart., Try our price checker tool and see how affordable solar really is. We can also help find qualified solar installers who can help save you money on the cost of going solar. Don't forget to visit our solar blog section for more handy guides and articles, about going solar.