Andreas received a Christmas present - in the form of solar cell grants

For ten years, Andreas Galistel expects it to take before the investment of solar cells on the family's rooftop roof has paid off thanks to the government's solar contribution of 20 percent of the cost. Had he not been one of the 57 percent in the county that had been granted a grant, it would have taken even longer.

He, like everyone else who has invested in solar panels in recent years, has been able to do so without knowing whether the money the government has set aside for solar cell subsidies will be enough for him too. But it was worth the chance, he says.

- We would have liked to know before if we would receive the grant but chose to invest anyway, he says. The electricity will not be cheaper and we expect to stay in the house for a long time. And then we do it partly also for environmental reasons.

Andrea's family is one of five in the newly built area with condominiums that have chosen to install solar panels on the roof.

The plant is connected to the electricity grid and what the family does not do with himself can he sell and in this way keep his own electricity costs down.

The plant is maintenance-free, however, the family has no battery that can store the electricity, so the changeover has been to try to use washing and dishwashers at times when there is good access to their own electricity.

And in the six months that have passed he has already seen results.

- You get a little happier when the bill comes and so far we have saved thousands of dollars.