Costs Reductions:- Essential need for Solar Industry
What needs to be done to accelerate adoption of solar in the U.S.? The price of solar cells is continuously dropping and financing mechanisms are put in place to create affordable solar. Yet despite the seemingly obvious fiscal choice to switch to solar, it still remains an exceedingly hard sell. Part of that is due to the soft costs, which inflate the installation price tremendously. Cost perception is monumental for someone to make the switch, and these soft costs are a major deterrent.
What needs to be done to accelerate adoption of solar in the U.S.? The price of solar cells is continuously dropping and financing mechanisms are put in place to create affordable solar. Yet despite the seemingly obvious fiscal choice to switch to solar, it still remains an exceedingly hard sell. Part of that is due to the soft costs, which inflate the installation price tremendously. Cost perception is monumental for someone to make the switch, and these soft costs are a major deterrent.
Soft costs are not associated with hardware, but rather labor,
acquisition, management, accounting, permitting, inspection,
interconnection, subsidy applications and system design. SunShot has
many incubator programs that offer cost-share funding to companies
developing technologies to accelerate solar adoption and cut costs. Some
of these incubators are specifically focused on technologies targeting
the challenges of soft costs, specifically, the balance of system
costs.
Initial test trials of simuwatt Solar showed savings of up to $0.10
per watt on the front end engagement, and there is room to reduce costs
even more. "Consideration is given to all stakeholders including sales
people, designers, permitting offices, and the customer, thereby
shortening the sales cycle and increasing our bottom line. simuwatt is
changing the way we evaluate commercial roof-mounted PV sites. The
software's effective feature packed tools organize a project from start
to finish," said Kevin Wright, Managing Partner, United Management and
Consultants, LLC.
“If we want to see a real movement of commercial solar we need to decrease soft costs,” Oliver Davis, CEO of concept3D said. “simuwatt Solar can save hours if not days in the process by addressing costs associated with sales, design, engineering and permitting. Salespeople now have the power to automatically generate quotes and 3D design, the application generates one and three line diagrams for project engineering, and materials are created to support the permitting process. Our charter with SunShot is to reduce BOS and take this concept to market. We’re excited to get this product in customer’s hands while contributing to BOS savings.”
For full article please visit http://www.renewableenergyworld.com
“If we want to see a real movement of commercial solar we need to decrease soft costs,” Oliver Davis, CEO of concept3D said. “simuwatt Solar can save hours if not days in the process by addressing costs associated with sales, design, engineering and permitting. Salespeople now have the power to automatically generate quotes and 3D design, the application generates one and three line diagrams for project engineering, and materials are created to support the permitting process. Our charter with SunShot is to reduce BOS and take this concept to market. We’re excited to get this product in customer’s hands while contributing to BOS savings.”
For full article please visit http://www.renewableenergyworld.com
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