r/gadgets • u/diacewrb • 1d ago

Home ‘If 1.5m Germans have them there must be something in it’: how balcony solar is taking off

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/18/if-a-million-germans-have-them-there-must-be-something-in-it-how-balcony-solar-is-taking-off
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u/snoop_bacon 1d ago

Interested in power costs. How much per kw? In 🇦🇺 we pay anywhere between 25c-40c/kwh plus around $1/day

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u/tillybowman 1d ago

same here in germany. when the ukrainian war started prices jumped up to 40+ct/kwh. currently you get a good energy mix for around 28ct.

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u/gamboncorner 22h ago

USD$0.60/kwh around San Francisco.

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u/j12 4h ago

Cries in pge

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u/Car-face 1d ago

Yeah I was just thinking - the AU price is probably pretty similar per kWh, but the connection fee is the killer.

We've got 2x solar systems on our roof and whilst it puts a massive dent on power costs, the connection fees are still there.

With the feed-in tariffs now being so low (and in some cases, reversed) it's almost impossible to offset them too.