Power from solar tiles seems crazy high

[jboy210]

if you don't mind me asking, what is the cost of solar tiles? how much did you end up paying and what was the projected payback? we are considering solar as well but not sure it makes sense since we live in Maine and dont have ideal exposure

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Your best bet is to go to the Tesla site and pay them the $100 deposit to do a preliminary plan based on satellite imagery. The prices seem to be going down, and each home is different due to architecture of the roof, placement of home, trees, and the mix of active vs in-active solar tiles. When they did ours we got two options with large price and yield differences. One was 9 KW the other was 12KW and included 2 Powerwalls. Of course, we could have asked for other configurations, but in the end we went with the larger system and Powerwalls.

FWIW, Tesla solar plant is in Buffalo, NY so they know a bit about the conditions you might encounter in Maine

 

[fehguy]

Here are some other images. The close-up of the tile shows the solar cells fairly well.