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nerdralphyesterday at 9:23 PM2 repliesview on HN

Panels prices bottomed about a year ago below many manufacturer's cash cost, and have gone mostly sideways since. https://www.pvxchange.com/Price-Index

If silver stays above $70/oz, prices will likely go up by 5-10%.

Until Perovskite tandem technology matures, there's unlikely to be any significant reduction in PV module prices.


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jandreseyesterday at 9:49 PM

Even if they got stuck at that price point and never went down again it's already over. 30 years of buying natural gas can't compete with that.

Tade0yesterday at 9:36 PM

Manufacturers already reacted and intensified efforts to replace silver in panels with copper:

https://finance-commerce.com/2026/02/solar-panels-silver-to-...

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