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Looking for advice in a grid tie inverter installation.

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nctnico:

--- Quote from: Jeroen3 on March 25, 2023, 04:06:45 pm ---8-10k for 12 panels today is not a weird price anymore, unfortunately.

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Actually it is the installers that do the price gauging. Prices for the hardware went down a lot over the past 5 years. 2 months ago I bought a complete DIY kit with 4,2kW inverter, mounting rails, cabling and 12 panels / 4500Wp for 3400 euro (*). A similar installation costs around 8k euro to have it installed. A couple of weeks ago I stumbled across a job advertisement. As a self employed solar panel installer you can appearantly earn 8k to 12k euro per month in the NL.

* As a comparison: several years ago I looked into buying used panels and a used inverter which would cost around 2k euro in total and have a Wp rating of around 2800.

Jeroen3:
There also is a shortage on inverters and mounting hardware. Plus in the netherlands they screwed up the liquidity of the installers with the new 0% VAT rules.
(The installers need to pay VAT, but only get it back months later. This puts them in negative balance.)

nctnico:

--- Quote from: Jeroen3 on March 25, 2023, 04:30:13 pm ---There also is a shortage on inverters and mounting hardware. Plus in the netherlands they screwed up the liquidity of the installers with the new 0% VAT rules.
(The installers need to pay VAT, but only get it back months later. This puts them in negative balance.)

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No. The margin on hardware alone is way more than the 21% VAT so this should not be a problem for any installer (unless they really suck at running a business).

Either way, now is not a good time to have a solar system installed. At least in the NL.

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