We are in sunny Thailand (I'm a Brit by the way), until I joined this great forum I didn't realise just how badly you folks in the West, particularly the US but it seems Europe too, are being ripped on the cost of solar parts.
In September last year I got a dozen 340W Jinyuan poly panels @ 2,890 Baht (about £67) a pop retail from our local Global House (big-box DIY place). Oddly enough they are not really any cheaper buying online, and you have to wait (I'm definitely an instant-gratification chap).
Order and pay online, they call when the stuff is ready to collect, 15 minute drive to collect (we have a Ford Ranger pickup but they do deliver - free!), the Global chaps load up and back home.
I got lucky as the prices have climbed somewhat, the same panels are 3,690 Baht now from Global (they peaked at just under 4,000 Baht), if you want mono then Sunergy 410W are 5,190 Baht each.
Now of course we are closer to China, VAT is only 7% and solar stuff is zero rated for import duty (Thailand/China free trade agreement), but even so...
Did I say it was sunny here? We have 10.6kWP of panels of various ilks on the car-port.
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Our batteries were full by lunch time on this rather good day so we were exporting like mad (1:1 net metering).
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