You mean consumers would take 274 years to break even on a 10kw system at this price point? That seems very far off.
If a residential US home is charged ~17.62c/kWh, using 10kW 24/7 would cost over $15k per year, so you'd break even after only ~2 years. More like 3 years in Idaho @ 11.52c/kWh, or in Hawaii @ 42.86c/kWh you'd break even in under a year. That's also excluding fixed fees, never mind other costs getting power out to the middle of nowhere if you wanted to go off grid.
Not surprised to hear your story about the Navy. The classified programs where this kind of technology could get traction have already used the tech for decades.
Oops it is 18 years. I was thinking of the old days of 2kwh per day. Now it’s 30kwh per day. And I used 15 cents per kilowatt hour (AZ, where the company is).
You mean consumers would take 274 years to break even on a 10kw system at this price point? That seems very far off.
If a residential US home is charged ~17.62c/kWh, using 10kW 24/7 would cost over $15k per year, so you'd break even after only ~2 years. More like 3 years in Idaho @ 11.52c/kWh, or in Hawaii @ 42.86c/kWh you'd break even in under a year. That's also excluding fixed fees, never mind other costs getting power out to the middle of nowhere if you wanted to go off grid.
Not surprised to hear your story about the Navy. The classified programs where this kind of technology could get traction have already used the tech for decades.
Oops it is 18 years. I was thinking of the old days of 2kwh per day. Now it’s 30kwh per day. And I used 15 cents per kilowatt hour (AZ, where the company is).
Residential homes that only need 30kWh per day could run some bitcoin miners to use most of the extra unused 210kWh/day to pay it off much faster.
Interesting thought.