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Tag: 30 Day Campaign to Attack the Solar Tariff

  • Solar project logistics: Calculating the value of an efficient supply chain

    What is a supply chain? It is the flow of all components that go into a given product, and then the flow of that product from its manufacturing origin to its end destination. In a global economy (yes, there still is one, despite Trump’s best efforts) the path from cradleRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Power factor boost: Make sure to maximize revenue in design, data monitoring

    Remember the Seinfeld episode where the rental car company took Jerry’s reservation, but still didn’t have a car for him? “You know how to take the reservation, you just don’t know how to hold the reservation. And that’s really the most important part: the holding. Anybody can just take them.” That’sRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar carport developers find low-cost opportunity despite the tariffs

    “But whatever the reason [for the tariff], the consequences probably won’t be severe. The solar revolution is happening so fast that the tariff will make little difference.” — Noah Smith, Bloomberg. This quote from Bloomberg is certainly true, but the immediate effect has unquestionably caused some projects that were “onRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • How to maximize large-scale PV site value with string design

    Service models and technology at the string inverter level is vastly improved from where it was a few years ago. Earlier this week we looked at the value of choosing string inverters over central inverters for projects upward of 20 MW, thanks to 1,500-volt architecture, and then the nuances ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Using national brands to strengthen the sales of long-tail solar installers

    Manufacturer installer programs can be a win-win for both sides — a symbiotic relationship — in which solar installers deliver quality systems and strengthen their place in their markets, and manufacturers ensure their products and brand names are installed far and wide and synonymous with the best installers in theRead More — Solar Builder magazine