Stiftung Warentest, a German consumer protection NGO founded by the German government in 1964, reports that prices for rooftop solar have gone down again massively in the last couple of months and are now at an average EUR 2360 per kilowatt. That gives investors in these systems 6 to 8 percent per year of return on their investment, guaranteed for 20 years. Sounds like an attractive idea, even not considering the fact that this investment helps the environment.
They warn consumers to compare prices, since there are large differences seen on the market.
[...] might still not be enough to keep up with the downturn in prices. As blogged recently, prices are about 20 percent down compared to May 2011, when the government last reported on the [...]
[...] is a lot lower than the 2340 recently reported for rooftop solar systems in [...]
[...] is in contrast to reports from the Stiftung Warentest I blogged about in October that say average cost for small rooftop solar is 2360 Euro per kWh in Germany. That beats the [...]