[xbmcuser]

Equipment cost is actually not that much now it mostly labor and marketing. That is the main reason solar makes countries with cheap labor have huge advantage with solar. A similar system will cost $60k in the US to $15-20k in India and China

[jandrese]

Or Australia. For some reason Aussie installers are able to install systems for incredibly affordable prices. I'm always jealous when I see a quote from down under that is like a third of what I paid per watt in the US.

[dalyons]

baffles me! aussie labor is really expensive, so it makes even less sense. What is the US doing wrong?

[ZeroGravitas]

I think Australia is doing well compared with the average country (and also US is doing things wrong).

Discussion of what Australia is doing well here from a solar expert:

https://bsky.app/profile/solarchase.bsky.social/post/3lmz5rb...

"hypercompetitive and relatively low-regulation installation industry, roofs well suited to work without scaffolding, fairly standardized systems of average size ~8.1kW so not small"