Solar Panels in Panama: What Actually Works, What the Math Says, and What to Watch Out For – Part 7
Panama averages 4.5 peak sun hours a day — and that number swings from 9 hours in February to 3.3 hours in September. The tiered electric rate system favors high-consuming expat households. The net metering buyback on surplus power is a 75% haircut. We did not install solar on this trip, but we did the full research — the climate reality, the panel types, the payback math, the apartment problem, and the regulatory risk that the solar industry is actively fighting.