Tesla unveils "textured glass tile" solar roofs

[Brown_Pride]

In terms of cost that's partly the government's job. Congress is supposed to regulate policy around Tesla in a way that helps cultivate's their business, but instead they're busy catering to whatever corporate donor they're obliged to. Until the technology catches up, the US government should be subsidizing costs for production and R&D so that Tesla can drive the price range down into something more affordable for the common person. But they're too greedy and too incompetent to do that, which is why we should vote them out this election.

We could literally save the world by making an effective switch to natural energy sources but instead these fools are too busy lining their pockets. It's disgusting.

The government does subsidize R&D, you can write that shyt off. I think the government could fund certain R&D but for it to prop up an entire industry? I"m not sure I like that idea...granted I suppose if I had to pick an industry worth doing that for it would be this one. Like I said, until the tech catches up it's just not economically feasible, it's just a novelty.

 

[88m3]

I'm going with copper or some other metal next go around.

I like the idea though.

 

[newarkhiphop]

Here's How Much Tesla's New Solar Roof Could Cost

$73,000 - $100,000

 

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Here's How Much Tesla's New Solar Roof Could Cost

$73,000 - $100,000

Theyre waaay off on those numbers in that article

But here’s what the installed costs look like for the roughly 3,000 square feet of roofing needed to cover an average size home in the U.S.

Clay Tile: $16,000
Asphalt: $20,000
Slate: $45,000
So how could a $73,500 roof be considered cost-competitive with a $20,000 asphalt roof? To compensate for the proposed added value of the “free” electricity from Tesla’s roof, we added in $2,000 a year, over the lifespan of the roof. That’s a typical electric bill in states where solar is big, like California, Texas, and North Carolina.

Tesla says the life expectancy of its tiles will be 30 years. So that adds $60,000 to the value of the roof. (Our rough estimate assumes our hypothetical Solar Roof homes generate exactly as much electricity as they use.)

most people spend 6-8k on a new Asphalt roof..

then 70 k is not the expected payout if you add the cost of the battery ,Transfer switch for grid tie in and electrician +permits the whole project ,the fact that many roofs face north/south and get little direct sunshine

the way they should calculate it is with real numbers for real people..a new roof +10 years electric bill = 8000+24,000= 32k ...

32,000 .....if their system cant be sold and installed for less than that then its not viable

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

I saw some PACE.energy (or whateber they're called) executive at a conference. She claimed you were saving so much money with solar that it serviced the debt of buying solar panels. Sounded like a bunch of financial wizardry but she made sense.

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I saw some PACE.energy (or whateber they're called) executive at a conference. She claimed you were saving so much money with solar that it serviced the debt of buying solar panels. Sounded like a bunch of financial wizardry but she made sense.

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Depends on who you ask..ive never seen a calculation go into the black WITHOUT federal and or State rebates...and on the engineering side after installation they rarely deliver the full panel rating...

Im not knocking the idea in general but the industry sells alot of wolf tickets,

You will get shocked by your electric bill not going down as much as you think because the biggest energy hog in the average home is the Air conditioner...and solar panels and inverters dont put out anywhere enough power to run those..yet those run at the most expensive peak times

 

[Jimi Swagger]

New Forbes article that touts community solar is more economically sound and viable.
Sorry Elon Musk, The Best Solar Power To Buy Doesn't Go On Your Roof

"For the last ten years, more and more people have been buying solar panels and installing them on their roofs. Companies like Elon Musk’s SolarCity have flooded the market with cheap home solar deals, relying heavily on federal and state subsidies and creative loan agreements to keep prices low. In fact, just last week Mr. Musk revealed home solar panels that look like designer Italian shingles.

Over the years, these rooftop solar systems have been great buys, at least from an economic standpoint, for a lot of homeowners. But what many of these solar customers don’t realize is this: their rooftop solar purchases have likely been slowing, not increasing, the overall rate of solar penetration in this country, while also causing numerous cross-subsidies and distortions in power markets.

Fortunately, there is a new, more efficient (and more equitable) form of residential solar power hitting the market in many cities across the country. And it doesn’t require you to install solar panels on your roof.


It’s called shared (or community) solar. And in the right form, it’s likely to spread like wildfire. In fact, just last month, I signed my home up for my local utility’s shared solar program.

Here’s how it works. Instead of installing a small solar system on your roof, you sign a contract to pay for a portion of a large, utility-scale solar installation that the utility builds and operates for you somewhere else (in my case, on top of a big commercial building just outside of my hometown of Madison, Wisconsin). The utility still gets to earn a rate of return on the solar plant (as it would with any plant it owns and operates). So the utility is happy. I get greener, more efficient utility-scale solar power without having to put anything on my roof. "