A typical domestic solar installation:
Financial comparison of conventional PV to Solarphasec

• Financial models were built, using System Advisor Model, a photovoltaic system modeling engine developed by Sandia Labs for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
• The baseline model is a 4kW flat panel system, consisting of  forty 100 watt panels plus a DC/AC inverter.
• The Solarphasec model is a 4kW array of Solarphasec Spin 3D Solar Power Generators.

Solarphasec Installed Cost comparisons:

Return on Investment comparison

The combination of higher efficiency, lower cost-per-watt, and
greater energy production over a full day and throughout the year
leads to a significantly improved Return on Investment payback period.

This data is taken directly from the NREL domestic photovoltaic system model.

* Please note: The silicon PV cost figures used in this model for both the flat panel array and Solarphasec
array are the same retail prices as reported by solarbuzz.com, and are current as of September 2011.

Factory gate pricing of silicon PV panels is reported as averaging $1.30 per watt,
but this is a price quoted to large-volume customers, and does not reflect the
wholesale and retail markups that a consumer would pay.

Cost of Solarphasec electricity compared to other ‘fuels’

Solarphasec Spin 3D Solar Power Generator technology clearly bridges
the gap between low cost coal powered electrical energy and the high costs
of providing electrical energy through conventional solar technology.

  Cost of electricity in cents per kilowatt-hour

* Please note: the coal, gas, and nuclear energy pricing shown in this table is based on a 2008 EPRI report.
The US Congressional Budget Office and the European Energy Commission have reported similar pricing.

The silicon flat PV panel cost figures used in this model are retail prices
as reported by solarbuzz.com, and are current as of September 2011.

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