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by laurencerowe 1519 days ago
> I think that utility scale solar will eventually beat residential solar on price because of less labor per watt to install.

Utility scale solar beats residential solar by a huge margin already. New utility scale solar projects on the California grid are priced around $20/MWh [1] compared to feed in tariff rates of $0.08923/kWh = $89.23/MWh [2].

As a renter who can't have solar installed on my home I find it pretty objectionable that my electricity rates subsidise expensive toy systems of homeowners.

[1] https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/09/30/us-utility-scale-sola...

[2] https://www.pv-magazine.com/features/archive/solar-incentive...