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Not if you consider that you need to either renew or add battery capacity (and panels and power electronics) after x years? Or did you take that into account?

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That doesn't impact payback cost, if the batteries & panels last longer than 8-9 years (and they do).

It's just one metric.

x = ~25 years for the panels. They're paid off long before that.

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