In rip off britian you'll pay over £3 quid per watt on installation costs.
I'd put most of that down to rules and regulations and of course being shackeled to a dictorial leadership that calls itself the eu.
Meanwhile in not so vain America...
"Americans who want to install solar panels on their houses are having to pay less than ever before, a new report has found.
The installed prices for solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems fell by a range of 6 to 14 percent, or $0.30 per watt to $0.90 per watt, from 2011 to 2012 according to the sixth edition of “Tracking the Sun,” an annual PV cost-tracking report published this week by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory"
So 5 times more expensive in rip off britian compared to the land of freedom.
That should help keep the elderly and infirm cold and shivering in winter.
More info...
http://www.solar-trade.org.uk/antiDumping.cfm
The EU runs a self protectionism policy which ensures high installation costs for end users.
Its nothing new. They do the same with farming which ensures eu farmers get rich and wealthy whilst the peasant farmers and peoples from poor nations remain poor and starve to death.
Also...
http://www.dutycalculator.com/dc/104416-import-duty-rate-for-PV-Solar-Panel-is-0/
From the eu you have a 40% mark up then another 3.3% mfn mark up and then sales tax of 20% which totals over 70% mark up from when the panel leaves Chinese shores.
And of course when the panels reach british shores the box ticking eu arze licking jobsworths in Whitehall ensure every single levy the eu has imposed has been paid.
