utility-scale solar

also referred to as: utility scale solar

5 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Oct 5, 2023 by Shayle Kann · across every show →

Everything said about utility-scale solar, oldest first

Oct 5, 2023
Assertion Supported
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…”
Shayle Kann Oct 5, 2023 ▶ 22:10 Climate tech startups need strong techno-economic analysis (TEA)
May 23, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Shah: Warehouse rooftop solar may be cheaper net-net than utility-scale solar
“And so, and when you look at, you know, interconnection cues from utility-scale solar and that kind of stuff, it may actually end up being net-net cheaper to put solar on these four-acre warehouse rooftops than to put it in the middle of a field.”
Jigar Shah May 23, 2024 ▶ 20:40 Could VPPs save rooftop solar?
Oct 31, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
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…”
Shayle Kann Oct 31, 2024 ▶ 23:07 Why climate tech startups get this one thing wrong
Jul 10, 2025 bullish
Assertion Supported
Dumoulin-Smith: Utility-scale solar faces supply deficit from data center demand
“Look, utility scale solar, look, the reality is that market is principally driven by CNI demand, commercial and industrial demand. What is that? Effectively, it amounts to tech companies, data center demand, right? Like, am I really worried substantively that …”
Julian Dumoulin-Smith Jul 10, 2025 ▶ 22:55 Tumult in residential solar
Apr 30, 2026 neutral
Insight
Hershman: Truck logistics, not labor, is solar construction's primary bottleneck
“The amount of trucks that we have to move becomes the gating activity, not the amount of people, right?”
George Hershman Apr 30, 2026 ▶ 20:34 How AI is modernizing EPCs
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