@kularaha,
How do those things look like on the roof,ie both the one you have currently and the Australian one?I find them to be an eyesore at least in an an urban setup..

Interesting information. A few questions:

1) Is the water heating purely by solar or it's boosted by electricity?

2) What's the average water temperature achieved during 'peak/offpeak' sunshine seasons?

200 a month must be the miscellaneous KPLC charges. I hve not yet come across a "cheaper" solar power installation that runs a TV, radio, fridge, and heat water, occasionally heat a room esp if you are a mountaineer or run a cooling system if you are at the coast or lakeside.

For me, the 300lts manage two showers quite well, total of 3 adults. But 2 are women, so you know they take longer...

His whole house runs on solar. The way it works is the panels charge an inverter that then gives you power during night hours. I will ask him what the 200/= bill is for.

Solar in Kenya is a prestige thing. Its economic sense is absolute hogwash

The government has to come with incentives for encourage green energy like buy back from home owners .

Saw it in youtube that some places in North America when you have excess electricity from solar of your house ,the electric meter starts to reverse backwards meaning that you are contributing electricity back to the main grid .

Example if your house gets electricity from two sources 200kw from main grid and you also generate 300kw excess from your solar, your electric meter will move backwards 300kw zeroing the 200kw you received from government and they will send you a check for purchasing 100kw from you . Isn't that nice .

This can be a campaign tool for election next year whoever wants it

Germany and some European countries do this. I bet its only a matter of time before Chinese come up with(copy ) cheaper solar alternatives, then solar will be common place.

If Strathmore can do it, so can any other Kenyan