i want to run my two bedroom one bath apartment on solar power, but i need it to be cheap. i need to know how much it would cost for every i need, and where to get it all. i hear its cheaper to build solar panels your self.
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True, it is cheaper to build solar panels yourself, providing you have the skills needed. But Nanosolar now is a different story. Nanosolar is largely produced as an inkjet operating on an aluminum foil roll, so that it produces many square meters of solar collector for the cost of one traditional panel. There is not any product available that will make solar electricity cheap compared to nuclear generated electricity, other than Nanosolar. You might want to look up Nanosolar.com
Do you live where the sun shines brightly most of the time? If not, it will cost you a lot more. Either way, likely thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars.
Right now it would cost about 6 times what you pay per KWH for power from Utility Company.
Then you would need backup power for when the sun doesn’t shine or at night so you will need standby power generation or batteries with enough storage capacity and then inverters to convert from DC to AC electric.
Local utility can put in standby power at 10 times the normal rate , so when your done with this it will cost you about 70% more to run a light bulb on your solar than with utility company power.