Optimal PV size for a family of 4
Australia
Sydney
2021/Dec
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 2868 AUD
- NPV = 17138 AUD
- Payback = 2.8 years
PV system
- 27 panels
- 370 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: Rapid solar energy
Author
- Tobias Jachnick
- tobias@jachnick.de
Brazil
Curitiba
2022/Jan
Economics
- Investment = 7950 BRL
- NPV = 11003 BRL
- Payback = 8 years
PV system
- 10 panels
- 330 Wp per panel
- Potential installers:
Author
- Marco Catanese
Chile
Las Condes, Santiago
2022/May
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 9352 EUR
- NPV = 11067 EUR
- Payback = 8.9 years
PV system
- 18 panels
- 400 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: Punto Solar
Author
- Leonor Farmhouse
- leonor.farmhouse@gmail.com
Colombia
Bogotá
2021/Dec
Economics
- Investment = 5.3 million COP
- NPV = 4.7 million COP
- Payback = 6 years
PV system
- 3 panels
- 260 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: E&M
Author
- Adriana Espinel
- 47512@novasbe.pt
France
Bordeaux
2021/Dec
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 16938 €
- NPV = 7150 €
- Payback = 15.5 years
PV system
- 24 panels
- 370 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: Effy
Author
- Jean Sulzer
- 44001@novasbe.pt
Germany
Aalen
2023/Dec
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 3927 €
- NPV = 5538 €
- Payback = 3.2 years
PV system
- 5 panels
- 435 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: Idealo, Stadtwerke Gmund
Author
- Clemens Bernhard
- clemensbernhard@web.de
Bonn
2022/Dec
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 8961 €
- NPV = 5536 €
- Payback = 11.2 years
PV system
- 10 panels
- 395 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: SRW Energy
Author
- Elias Thies
- eliasthies@t-online.de
Düsseldorf
2021/Dec
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 10622 €
- NPV = 13770 €
- Payback = 10.5 years
PV system
- 30 panels
- 330 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: Alpha solar
Author
- Niklas Gerth
- niklas.gerth@t-online.de
Frankfurt
2023/Dec
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 15477 €
- NPV = 3562 €
- Payback = 15.9 years
Author
- Lorenz Wurzel
- 56069@novasbe.pt
Hamburg
2021/Oct
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 12872 €
- NPV = 4383 €
- Payback = 13.9 years
PV system
- 30 panels
- 330 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: EWE
Author
- Benedikt Becker
- benedikt.becker.pv@outlook.com
Munich
2023/Dec
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 12390 €
- NPV = 11871 €
- Payback = 9.8 years
PV system
- 29 panels
- 265 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: Svea solar, Klarsolar
Author
- Philipp Hauswurz
- 54597@novasbe.pt
Greece
Thessaloniki
2023/Dec
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 6427 €
- NPV = 3466 €
- Payback = 9.8 years
Author
- Christina Lefkarou
- lefkarou.christina@outlook.com
Italy
Florence
2021/Nov
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 4378 €
- NPV = 5781 €
- Payback = 3.1 years
PV system
- 12 panels
- 445 Wp per panel
- Potential installers:
Author
- Lupo Steinhauslin
- lupomsteinhauslin@gmail.com
Genoa
2022/Apr
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 2716 €
- NPV = 4586 €
- Payback = 9.5 years
PV system
- 4 panels
- 385 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: Otovo
Author
- Riccardo Verona
- riccardoverona3@gmail.com
Milan
2022/Apr
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 2850 €
- NPV = 3415 €
- Payback = 12 years
PV system
- 4 panels
- 400 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: Wolmann
Author
- Marco Tonna
- Tonna.marco25@gmail.com
Padova
2024/May
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 5160 €
- NPV = 7070 €
- Payback = 13 years
PV system
- 12 panels
- 430 Wp per panel
- Potential installers:
Author
- Lorenzo de Chiara
- 52576@novasbe.pt
- linked
Porto Empedocle (AG)
2022/Apr
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 2700 €
- NPV = 7863 €
- Payback = 4 years
PV system
- 3 panels
- 375 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: energit
Author
- Renato Di Gangi
- renatodigangi@gmail.com
Ravello
2024/May
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 9255 €
- NPV = 10297 €
- Payback = 11 years
Author
- Riccardo Ioimo
- ioimo.riccardo@gmail.com
Rome
2022/Jan
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 3360 €
- NPV = 3664 €
- Payback = 12 years
PV system
- 4 panels
- 400 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: Benext
Author
- Giuseppe Paiano
- 44638@novasbe.pt
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
2022/Dec
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 12400 €
- NPV = 10447 €
- Payback = 11.8 years
PV system
- 25 panels
- 400 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: Topsolar AS
Author
- Simon Ziegler
- simon.z7@web.de
- personal website
Norway
Olso
2024/May
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = €
- NPV = -3230 € (Negative NPV! Investment is not recommended.)
- Payback = 29 years (not discounted)
PV system
- 12 panels
- 580 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: Solcelle
Author
- Le An Tran
- leantranx@gmail.com
- personal website
Portugal
Carcavelos
2021/Dec
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 427 €
- NPV = 7109 €
- Payback = 1.8 years
PV system
- 4 panels
- 350 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: edp
Author
- João Pereira
- joao.pereira@novasbe.pt
- personal website
Faro
2021/Dec
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 468 €
- NPV = 10914 €
- Payback = 2 years
PV system
- 6 panels
- 380 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: edp
Author
- António Lima
- antonio.de.castilho.lima@gmail.pt
Lisboa
2022/Dec
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 1445 €
- NPV = 6092 €
- Payback = 3.4 years
PV system
- 8 panels
- 390 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: Otovo
Author
- Jéssica Gonçalves
- jessgoncalves@outlook.pt
Montijo
2024/May
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 2128 €
- NPV = 5614 €
- Payback = 6.1 years
Author
- Jayanti Hazra
- 45720@novasbe.pt
Peso da Régua
2023/Dec
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 1500 €
- NPV = 4749 €
- Payback = 2.3 years
Author
- Sofia Tomás
- sofiamariatomas@hotmail.com
Portimão
2022/Dec
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 1902 €
- NPV = 7256 €
- Payback = 4.2 years
PV system
- 9 panels
- 380 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: Goldenergy
Author
- Bruno Lázaro
- 48230@novasbe.pt
Porto
2022/Dec
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 1195 €
- NPV = 6201 €
- Payback = 2.1 years
PV system
- 8 panels
- 375 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: Sunenergy
Author
- Tomás Carvalho
- tomasgcarvalho2000@gmail.com
Spain
Barcelona
2022/Dec
Economics
- Investment = 7207 €
- NPV = 9229 €
- Payback = 8.1 years
PV system
- 9 panels
- 450 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: Iberdrola
Author
- João Pinto
- joaobpinto11@gmail.com
Sweden
Stockholm
2023/Dec
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 115614 SEK
- NPV = 133730 SEK
- Payback = 10.2 years
PV system
- 26 panels
- 375 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: HemSol, Solar Power Solutions, Ecokraft
Author
- Matilde Mourão Costa
- matilde_m_costa@live.com.pt
Switzerland
Zurich
2022/Feb
Economics
- Investment (after subsidies) = 16607 CHF
- NPV = 4383 CHF
- Payback = 25 years
PV system
- 27 panels
- 390 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: Stahlin
Author
- Sven Hatzfeld
- sven.hatzfeld@web.de
United Arab Emirates
Dubai
2023/Dec
Economics
- Investment = 49950 AED
- NPV = 41236 AED
- Payback = 10.8 years
PV system
- 18 panels
- 555 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: Al Shirawi Solar, 3D
Author
- Maria Leonor Neto
- Leonor.neto@hotmail.com
United Kingdom
London
2021/Dec
Economics
- Investment = 2400 GBP
- NPV = 2979 GBP
- Payback = 16 years
PV system
- 6 panels
- 265 Wp per panel
- Potential installers: Light renewables
Author
- Vlad Cristea
- vlad.cristea@novasbe.pt
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