Solar panel cost and savings in Butterworth, Pulau Pinang

Butterworth sits at 5.42°N, 100.40°E in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. A typical residential solar system there is sized at 4.8 kW, laid out as 11 panels of 440 W each, mounted at a 10 degree tilt facing the sun's midday path.

Based on PVGIS solar radiation data for Butterworth's coordinates, that system produces an estimated 6,509 kWh in its first year. At the local electricity price of MYR 0.48 per kWh (export MYR 0.48 per kWh, daily supply charge MYR 0.30), that generation is worth an estimated MYR 3,124 a year to a household with typical usage patterns for a 3-person home.

Incentives in Butterworth

1 incentive currently applies to a system installed in Butterworth:

Cost and payback

Before incentives, a typical system in Butterworth costs an estimated MYR 13,552 to MYR 21,780 installed. After the incentives above, the estimated net cost is MYR 10,648 to MYR 18,876, and the system pays back in about 4.9 years at today's local electricity price.

These figures assume a typical 3-person household with no pool, electric vehicle or electric heating, and installation in 2026. Incentive values are provisional estimates, last verified on the date shown against each scheme, and can change. Electricity prices shown here are set at the country level. Incentive amounts, when present, use each scheme's national or regional scope as noted above, except where an incentive's value is itself calculated from Butterworth's local solar zone; only the production and payback figures are calculated specifically for Butterworth's coordinates. Malaysia's NEM scheme nets exports 1:1 against consumption in the billing period, not a discounted feed-in rate.

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• George Town
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