2023-12-04 09:03:25
Anyone who buys solar panels now will recoup the investment within about six years, according to Milieu Centraal. That is two years faster than at the beginning of 2023, when solar panels were much more expensive.
Milieu Centraal calculates a current purchase price of 5,000 euros for a set of ten solar panels. A year earlier they cost around 7,500 euros. Due to the price drop, consumers now recoup their investment much faster.
“An investment in solar panels provides a return that is comparable to an interest of 6 percent on a savings account,” says Mariken Stolk, sustainable energy expert at Milieu Centraal.
In its calculations, the organization has assumed that the netting scheme will be gradually phased out from 2025. With this scheme, households with solar panels can now offset the electricity they supply back to the grid against the electricity they purchase at other times.
The Senate still has to vote on this. If the plan to phase out the scheme is voted down, solar panel owners will have even more money left over.
Solar panels are also beneficial with a full power grid
Furthermore, the environmental organization takes into account that owners of solar panels are sometimes subject to a feed-in tax. This means that they invest money to send their electricity to the power grid. “But even if people with solar panels have to pay a feed-in tax until the phasing out of netting starts, the payback period will only be six months longer,” says Stolk.
Milieu Centraal calculates an electricity price of 37 cents per kilowatt hour for 2024. For the subsequent period, the organization uses the price forecasts of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL).
The prices of solar panels rose sharply last year. Demand increased significantly due to high energy costs, among other things. The market has now calmed down a bit.
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