Price paid per watt

[Ben25]

I just installed a 10.92kw system on my house for $1.55/w before incentives. $.86/w after. Winaico 260 panels and Solaredge inverter with optimizers. I'm in south burlington VT. I'm a solar installer too, so got everything at cost and hired my helper on a weekend to help me out.

[Bikerscum]

SF Bay area.... I signed the contract for 6kw of Solarworld 270 mono black with Solaredge optimizers & inverter... $3.55/w.

Had to change panels due to setback rules, ended up with 20 LG300's & Solaredge.... $4.00/w

Installed, inspected, waiting for POCO letter.

[bcroe]

Mount

Seems like, the ground mount & roof mount systems should be separated here.
The ground mount involves a lot of dirt removal, concrete, and bracing not needed
for roof mount, gaining some advantages in the process. But then there may be
costs for roof mount I'm not appreciating. Bruce Roe

[azdave]

I just installed a 10.92kw system on my house for $1.55/w before incentives. $.86/w after. Winaico 260 panels and Solaredge inverter with optimizers. I'm in south burlington VT. I'm a solar installer too, so got everything at cost and hired my helper on a weekend to help me out.

You're skewing the results when you buy at contractor prices and install it yourself.

[veerrao]

SF Bay area.... I signed the contract for 6kw of Solarworld 270 mono black with Solaredge optimizers & inverter... $3.55/w.

Had to change panels due to setback rules, ended up with 20 LG300's & Solaredge.... $4.00/w

Installed, inspected, waiting for POCO letter.

Can you please PM the company/installer

Veer

[foo1bar]

Seems like, the ground mount & roof mount systems should be separated here.
The ground mount involves a lot of dirt removal, concrete, and bracing not needed
for roof mount, gaining some advantages in the process. But then there may be
costs for roof mount I'm not appreciating. Bruce Roe

roof mount requires the brackets/flashing to connect to the roof, but maintain weatherproofness of the roof.

quickmountPV e-mount are ~$12 each.
Mounts for clay tile roofs are more I think.

I'm thinking concrete and steel might be the cheaper option. Or at least they would be pretty close.

[Bikerscum]

Can you please PM the company/installer

Veer

Done

[russ]

roof mount requires the brackets/flashing to connect to the roof, but maintain weatherproofness of the roof.

quickmountPV e-mount are ~$12 each.
Mounts for clay tile roofs are more I think.

I'm thinking concrete and steel might be the cheaper option. Or at least they would be pretty close.

Ask Mike 90250 (another moderator) he has done it. The concrete involved is not a small thing.

[bcroe]

Cost

I paid $3.05 per panel watt for a "turnkey" ground mount system. Pretty good for something
involving 48 concrete pillars, I thought. No standard racking, it was all standard aluminum cut
and drilled. However I supplied the AC feed wiring, and a huge number of stainless steel bolts.
The aluminum supplier had only drilled half the required 1300 holes, so I dragged the 3/4 ton
of AL to my shop and drilled the rest. Taking advantage of the situation, the holes for the
12 mounts were EACH custom adjusted to compensate for the inaccuracy of the concrete, up
to an inch. Then I put all the aluminum up so that the customized pieces couldn't get mixed
up. I did plenty of detailed extras like AC outlets, cable management hardware, and stuff to
bug proof seal the electrical boxes. Bruce Roe

[azdave]

Seems like, the ground mount & roof mount systems should be separated here.

I mentioned a cement tile roof install in my specs earlier. I always assume (maybe erroneously) that all installs mentioned here are all typical roof mounts (with no upcharges in that region) unless called out otherwise by the person reporting the specs.

My installer offered the same price for standard asphalt shingles as they did for cement tile. Not sure if that difference is an upcharge in other areas but tile roofs are very common here so they probably just hide the install cost differences in the overall price so buyers don't see a bunch of add-ons that might kill the deal. I considered adding a stand-alone patio structure to get more shade along with solar but the cost was significantly more than I expected so I put the panels on the roof.

[veerrao]

Done

Thanks Bikerscum!

[J.P.M.]

Can we have a thread about people post how much they pay for their system $/watt, what is their configuration, and where they are from?

Sounds good on paper, but (for starters) I can see a problem with verification of the data. That was one of the big advantages (of many) of the CSI database - now gone.

[russ]

In Oregon, where I grew up, the farmers on the big irrigation projects paid for water according to how the project did economically for the year. After harvest the water man would visit each farmer and take their report on how the crops did - yield per acre.

Many of the guys lied about how they did as they didn't want their neighbors to think they were dunces. Consequently they over paid.

Self reporting I have zero faith in.

[solarjmp]

Appreciate Everyone Sharing

New to the forums, I appreciate everyone sharing, would those of you in socal area that have gotten below $3.50 price quotes PM me company info. I have been getting quotes around $4.00. Not sure if I'm doing something wrong or calling too busy of companies. I've gotten four quotes now and only one below $4.00 at $3.76. They aren't pressuring to sign like some posters have experienced and they just look give me their quotes and say that is the price. I have been calling highly rated companies, looking at a large system with plenty of roofspace and no shade issues, one story home, everyone says house is perfect for solar and straight forward install. Thanks for the help.

[Artie]

$3.86. 15 sunpower x21/345 with solaredge 6000 with power optimizers.