I am interested in the panels from sun electric. I appreciate everyone's input here. I am planning on putting in a 10Kw system (gridtied) and plan on doing as much work myself as a I can. I will likely leave connection of the A/C to an electrician.

I do have several questions about the panels.

They seem to have two options on their homepage. http://sunelec.com/

The sun modules for $3.14/watt and the Evergreen B panels for $3.68/watt.

One of the things my utility has said is that they need to be UL rated and CEC (California energy comission?) certified. It looks like the B modules are UL listed, not sure about the Sun modules. Any thoughts here?

What are the Pro/Con of each of these panel options.

Thanks very much.

Peteski

The panels themselfs are identical, its just the label they stick on the back

Sun modules are non-listed, the Evergreen B's are listed, so if thats needed for your install, get the Evergreen B's

Just keep in mind they have a 6 Panel shipping minimum on the Evergreens. It's a shipping problem with panels breaking if they ship less than 6 due to their size.

Does anyone know what they charge for shipping on 6 panels? I forgot to ask them when I talked to them. I know it depends on location, but just trying to get a ballpark idea.

We need a local Evergreen supplier up here in the Northeast!

"We need a local Evergreen supplier up here in the Northeast!"

how about their factory in marlboro, ma?
from their site.
Evergreen Solar, Inc. | 138 Bartlett Street | Marlboro, MA 01752-3016 USA | TL: +1.508.357.2221

Copyright © 2001-2007 Evergreen Solar, Inc. | www.evergreensolar.com

haha.. yeah that's the funny thing.. Can't buy direct from them though. I filled out the form on their website to inquire where I can purchase the panels... haven't heard from them yet.

Maybe I should drive up there and see if they have an "outlet store"

I did some more checking and found a local supplier who will sell me the new Kyocera panels for around $4/watt. I will likely purchase from them and they will do the design for me as well. I plan on doing the install with my father in law.

I was wondering if others were seeing panel prices coming down as well? Maybe I got lucky.

Thanks.

you did pretty good, but i wouldn't say prices are falling just yet. this link that solar guppy had given before has many low prices in it.
http://www.ecobusinesslinks.com/solar_panels.htm

And here is another favorite SG vendor:

http://sunelec.com/

Last week they had 180 watt 2nd's for $2.50 per watt. It was an amazing price.

-Bill

Yeah, I'm not sure why they are not on the ecobusinesslinks list. I saw that sale too, for like 1 day over the weekend! It's a no brainer purchase at that price! I was ready to jump on it, but I got in to work on Monday and the price was back up to 3.14/watt... Right now it's back down to $2.94/watt.

I will buy these in a second if I knew I could sell 3 or 4 of them locally. I only need 1 (maybe 2 at that price), but they require minimum of 6 to purchase due to shipping... I have a co-worker willing to go in with me for 1 or 2 modules.. I just don't want to get stuck with the rest!

I'm wondering if the UL listed ones would be easier to sell? That is another concern I have. The 2.94 price is for the "B" non-UL listed modules.