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An open ended question for all, but I think this is legitimate, since I am likely to get opinions that never crossed my mind. I receive emails from a lot of the solar suppliers, one of those being Sun Electric. His latest one, was about 40 some containers of 2-4 year old 300+ watt panels (for around .28 cents/watt). I often wonder about the value of these deals, and think about what could be done with them to either help those people in poor countries with no electrical grid, or sell them for profit, or ??
A couple examples:
#1) Purchase panels, add 50% mark-up, make a little money. I tend to think it would still be hard to make money, with all the shipping, handling, import fees and taxes (depending on where they are going), etc.
#2) For those people with a grid and some acreage, is it feasible to make a small solar farm, say 100kw, and sell the electric back to the utility?
#3) For those that are in the 3rd world, I am thinking Central America since I travel there, but anywhere may work. Could you make a mini-solar farm close enough to a community to have power during the day, but not near a grid or battery back up? I think the related equipment, wiring, and installation would make this not possible, but I am just trying to learn a few things and have very little solar experience and NO large system experience.
Thanks
A couple examples:
#1) Purchase panels, add 50% mark-up, make a little money. I tend to think it would still be hard to make money, with all the shipping, handling, import fees and taxes (depending on where they are going), etc.
#2) For those people with a grid and some acreage, is it feasible to make a small solar farm, say 100kw, and sell the electric back to the utility?
#3) For those that are in the 3rd world, I am thinking Central America since I travel there, but anywhere may work. Could you make a mini-solar farm close enough to a community to have power during the day, but not near a grid or battery back up? I think the related equipment, wiring, and installation would make this not possible, but I am just trying to learn a few things and have very little solar experience and NO large system experience.
Thanks
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