Is there a way to sell additional offerings to customers without scaring them away? Aurora Solar has three tips on how to do just that: 1) establish yourself as a partner for the long haul by framing the conversation around their long-term goals regarding their entire energy portfolio, 2) use a simplified, easy-to-understand proposal, and 3) focus on value to them in the conversation, not price (like with batteries and energy efficiency).
Leading solar panel manufacturer Solaria has merged with premier solar sales, installation, and financing company, Complete Solar, with a plan to go public via a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). The result will be called Complete Solaria, Inc., and the merger will help accelerate residential solar adoption and fully capitalize on the recently passed IRA. The combined company plans to bundle hardware, software, and other services to sell through partner channels and function as a full system operator, with best-in-class tech, financing, project fulfillment, and services.
PV Mag is running a series on the life span of solar components. The first two articles look at resi panels and resi inverters. For the panels they examine factors like degradation, weathering, and standards and discuss failures. With inverters they talk about length of life, point of failure and maintenance.
Utility Dive has a nice roundup of 7 articles covering panels at the recent RE+. Topics range from the future of long-duration storage and tax experts’ take on the IRA and domestic manufacturing to what utilities need to do to achieve clean energy goals and the massive growth in corporate investment in renewables.
Stanford researchers have apparently upped the amount of electricity that can be generated from solar panels when the sun goes down. They’re tapping a process called radiative cooling, which harnesses the frigid vacuum of space. This team has devised a thermoelectric generator that harnesses the heat flow between the ambient air and the solar cell to produce 50 mW per square meter of nighttime power with an open-circuit voltage of 100?mV.
In this video, Kerim Baran of SolarAcademy speaks with Rashid Abdur-Rahman of Zuper, a provider of an end-to-end field service management software application for solar and other field service businesses. Rashid digs into how their solution manages installation and service workflow and describes how Zuper drops into a company’s existing systems and integrates with top apps used by solar companies. The video is below.
This video features Kerim Baran of SolarAcademy and Rashid Abdur-Rahman of Zuper, a provider of an end-to-end field service management software application for solar and other field service businesses. Rashid talks about changes planned for early next year that further customize Zuper for the various segments of the solar market. The video is below.