Regardless, it still takes 1.75M EU (even with scrap) to generate the iridium for one panel, regardless of its source. And that panel will have to run for three daylight hours to recoup that investment. No matter where the power comes from, you're still in the red until then - and if you don't think an outlay of 1.75M EU to craft a power generator is an absurd expense, I don't know what to tell you.
I was pleased to see that someone had updated the mod - and let down by the ridiculous expense that makes the whole thing pointless.