With solar panels on your roof, your energy bill will go down immediately. Through the savings on your energy bill, you will recoup your solar panels within a few years. The example system of 12 x 360 Wp produces an average of about 3672 kWh of electricity per year. With an electricity price of € 0.40 (price ceiling for energy), you recoup this system in just under four years. That means you will benefit from free electricity for more than 20 years afterwards! Solar panels therefore provide you with a very nice financial return. Even if you still pay a low energy price of (for example) € 0.24, you will have recouped your solar panels within just over five years. A few years ago, the average cost recovery period was still around six to seven years, so the return of solar panels has improved a lot. And don’t worry: even after the phasing out of the netting scheme, solar panels are still profitable. The cost recovery period will probably increase slightly, but how much this difference ultimately will be, depends on the feed-in tariff of your energy supplier, among other things. So pay attention to this when you switch.