The tesla solar roof is a building integrated photovoltaic bipv product that takes the functionality of solar panels and integrates it into roof shingles.
How much power does a tesla roof generate.
Tesla says that the typical homeowner can expect to pay 21 85 per square foot for a solar roof it s a fairly expensive product but it comes with a lifetime of the house warranty and 30 year.
Based on the needs of the home tesla suggested a 6 2 kilowatt kw solar roof at a total cost of 24 412.
The actual total cost of a tesla solar roof will depend on the size of your home and your monthly energy usage.
Tesla estimates that a 10kw solar roof will cost a total of 33 950 including incentives.
The tesla tiles look like they ll be rated to produce about 11 watts of electricity per square foot and lasting 30 years means they ll degrade by about 0 5 per year ending their 30 year warrantied life producing about 85 of the electricity they did when new.
This ordinary system would cost about 15 000 average 3 50 per watt lower than solarcity s current cash price and including the 30 percent itc generate about 9 000 kilowatt hours per year and.
The cost to replace the remaining roofing materials is 6 742 40.
For a 9 45 kw system on a 1 862 square foot roof tesla is charging 64 634 for the solar roof along with 10 050 for a powerwall and another 10 630 for roof and site repairs.
The federal tax credit can be applied to the cost of the active shingles which would bring the cost down to 19 818.
Rooftop solar panels with battery storage generate electricity and provide a backup power solution.
A home with tesla roof shingles installed would have both a protective and complete roof and the capacity to generate solar energy but without installing solar panels as well.
1 21 85 per square foot is the price of a solar roof derived using similar methodology roof size and energy costs described in consumer reports research this price does not reflect any solar incentives.
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That costs around 50 000 once the federal solar investment tax credit is factored in and it produces around 9 85 kilowatts of power which tesla told tobler was the biggest system we have.
The active solar shingles cost 17 670.
The solar roof tiles cost 2 85 per watt and the inactive shingles cost 5 60 per square foot.