On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 12:44:21PM +0200, J. van Baardwijk wrote:

> At 13:40 14-7-01 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
>
> >According to your figures, it would cost about $30,000 up front to
> >install just the solar cells to supply the electricity for a house in
> >the Neatherlands.  Add the cost for energy storage, and you can get
> >closer to $60,000. That's just too much money for people to be able
> >to afford it.
>
> The system you are referring to is an autonomous photovoltaic system,
> which does have storage capabilities. This system however is 3-4 times
> as expensive as a net-connected system, which admittedly makes it too
> expensive for most households.
>
> The alternative is a complete net-connected system, which would cost
> ~USD 32,000. Still a lot of money, but affordable.

Tell us some details about your $32,000 system, please, Jeroen. How well
does it work? How much energy does it save?


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