Scout**
2023-01-30 18:40:15
- #1
I just got 2 solar modules at the factory outlet of a photovoltaic manufacturer. 0.82 kWhp for 260 EUR. 0.21 kW/m², not particularly good... not particularly bad... a usual value. For 10 kWp you would have paid 3,200 EUR. Of course, you still need an inverter (SMA Solar 10kWp 2,100 EUR) and a 2-man team working on the roof for a day (hourly rate 120 EUR*2*10 hours = 2,400 EUR + travel 300km*0.5 EUR/km = 150 EUR)…
So. 3,200 + 2,100 + 2,400 + 150 = 7,850 EUR. We round up to 8,000 EUR and ask ourselves where the remaining 7,000 EUR go.
Because neither does a solar installer charge 120 EUR/hour for his journeymen... nor does he buy the modules at the price of 130 EUR/0.41 kWp... nor does he pay the SMA Solar Internet price for the inverter...
At least that’s what I assume. Because my craftsman buys his stuff from the wholesaler at good prices and not at Obi, Hornbach… or in the sale at the photovoltaic manufacturer’s factory outlet...
Oh right. I just read… 15k net. So we don’t ask where the remaining 7,000 EUR go. We ask where the remaining 10,850 EUR go. Because we already paid the VAT. We got the modules at gross prices, the SMA inverter as well. And the 2-man team also likes their salary gross…
For the electrician, you can calculate between 1,000 to 2,000 euros depending on the effort. The salesperson (often freelance contractors) typically takes around 10% of the net amount. On top of that administrative costs such as storage, marketing, vehicles, chamber of commerce, business tax plus provisions for warranty, scaffolding contractors. And of course the scarcity surcharge, easily recognized by the waiting times for installation....