$ 29916
the cost of installing solar continues to fall on aee member solarcity s quarterly earnings call ceo landon rive announced that the installation cost of the company s technology had been lowered by 20 percent per unit the cost per watt is $ 2 09 for installation $ 2 86 per watt in total with module costs down dramatically over the past few years installation and other non hardware costs have become the focus for greater competitiveness and solarcity is one of the companies that has taken the challenge head on solarcity installed 6600 pv systems in california in 2013 the average solar panel system from solarcity is 5870 watts 5 8 kw and costs $ 29916 for a price per watt of $ 5 09 the expected cost per kilowatt hour kwh is $ 0 18 most of the systems sold by solarcity use their lease or power purchase agreement ppa in a july article about the finding pick my solar wrote the cost per watt on solarcity s mypower contract is always consistent no matter what the size of the project they price systems ranging from 2 5kw to 10kw or larger at the same $ 5 10 per watt cash or financed for these financed pv systems the lifetime price per watt is $ 6 81 solarcity prices are 5 % above the industry average for a cash purchase and a whopping 70 % higher when leased solarcity charges 43 % above the price you would pay for a comparable solar panel system from freecleansolar the investor letter also cited unprecedented demand in the quarter with residential megawatts deployed up 100 percent year to year total blended cost dropped 11 percent year to year to $ 2 90 per watt with a target of $ 2 50 per watt by 2017
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