You're quite right, the price is comparable to solar systems, so not overly surprising.

I do hope that more countries will turn more towards these cleaner forms of energy. Unfortunately, I get the impression from discussions going on here that companies and government don't think renewables are efficient enough. Many people are pushing for nuclear energy as well, which makes me vey uncomfortable. While it is certainly much cleaner and produces less radiation than a coal plant while functioning properly, once something goes wrong the results are disastrous and far reaching. We currently have Fukushima hemorrhaging radiation which has reached the American coast and yet they still try to convince us nuclear is the way to go!