-12% But let's remember what 6 months ago looked like. I personally know of eight or so 1/2 to 1 MW projects in California that were going full bore to finish before the ITC expired. The bubble in Spain, etc.
Then the global economy tanked and the ITC was renewed. So two factors on the demand side of the equation have diminished. On the supply side, manufacturer's (until recently) have all been ramping up production. But if I remember properly, today's module prices are not too different from late 2005 early 2006. I would say the long term (2+ year) factor that we should look at it new(er) technology. Is anyone offering thin film as a regular option for system 20 kW or less? - Peter Peter T. Parrish, Ph.D., President California Solar Engineering, Inc. 820 Cynthia Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90065 Ph 323-258-8883, Mobile 323-839-6108, Fax 323-258-8885 CA Lic. 854779, NABCEP Cert. 031806-26 peter.parr...@calsolareng.com -----Original Message----- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of North Texas Renewable Energy Inc Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 7:32 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] NY Times: 25% price reduction on PV -10% to -14% Jim Duncan North Texas Renewable Energy Inc 817.917.0527 nt...@earthlink.net www.ntrei.com ************************ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicholas Ponzio" <npon...@buildingenergyus.com> To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 8:41 AM Subject: [RE-wrenches] NY Times: 25% price reduction on PV > Take notice: Today's NY Times quotes Rhone Resch of SEIA as saying "The > price of solar panels has fallen by 25 percent in six months." > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/business/04windsolar.html > > What kind of $/W are people getting these days? > > > -- > > > Nicholas Ponzio > Building Energy > 1570 South Brownell Road > Williston, VT 05495 > > t: 802-859-3384 x15 > f: 802-658-3982 > www.BuildingEnergyVT.com > > "Building Solutions for a Sustainable Future" > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
