Solar Modules
topic on 2 shows · 10 statements across 9 episodes
10 statements about Solar Modules, every show
Paruri: Solar modules now represent only 20% of installation costs
“Modules are now, over the last 10 years, they've come down so much in cost that they're only 20% of the cost of a solar installation, right?”
Kann: US solar modules cost roughly three times the global average price
“We pay 30 cents a watt for solar modules in the US or something like that, and the global average price is probably 10 cents a watt.”
Kann: Solar modules are now a minority of utility-scale project costs
“In utility scale solar, you know, the module is a minority share of the overall project cost. And so most of the costs now fall into a combination of the balance of systems and then increasingly not the hardware, right? It's labor and interconnection and permi…”
Patterson: Solar module size grew over 40% while structural materials shrank
“The reality is the size of modules have increased over 40%. At the same time, there's been cost down efforts on both glass and frames to reduce the material And thus, the structural capabilities.”
Patterson: Steel Frames Avoid 180,000 Metric Tons Carbon Per Gigawatt
“And if you scale that to gigawatt scale, I think it's like a 180,000 metric tons of carbon avoided per gigawatt.”
Kann: Solar module costs are less relevant than ever to total project costs
“You know, the thing, one thing that I always point out though, is that it is now true that actually looking at the cost of the solar module is less relevant than it has ever been Historically, in terms of the cost of the solar produced, because, specifically b…”
Kann: Solar modules represent a minority share of utility-scale project costs
“And in utility scale solar, you know, the module is a minority share of the overall project cost. And so most of the costs now fall into a combination of the balance of systems. And then increasingly, Not the hardware, right? It's labor and interconnection and…”
Zindler: US has seen roughly 40 GW of solar module announcements
“I think we've seen about 40 gigawatts of module announcements a much smaller percentage of that that's going to be sells.”
Westhoff: Tariffs Give the US the World's Highest Solar Module Costs
“In fact, the United States has the highest cost solar modules in the world because we are taxing ourselves with tariffs.”
Spector: AES filed force majeure claims over delayed solar modules
“We've even been seeing some developers like AES the same AES, in fact, is building some new renewables projects, but filed some force majeure claims recently that their solar modules were getting caught up by, Some federal, ah, inspections and that was delayin…”