Cheap Solar Panels, Winners and Losers. It’s always been the dilemma, cheap solar panels from Asia hurt the domestic manufacturing build out. On the other hand, imagine the lowest scenario, if solar panels were free then consumers and tax payers would benefit from cheaper PPAs (energy cost) and value of tax credits. I don’t know the right answer but the same is true for anything we import really. Imagine Amazon.com only selling domestically manufactured goods or Walmart. Nobody is saying all solar panels should be made here, I would welcome that, but there’s also an economic upside to it as well. I’d love to hear more thoughts on this from you all, how do you reconcile cheap solar panels?
Pay It Forward. As many of you know, before coming to FlexGen, I worked in residential solar in the Bay Area. I had the pleasure of working with some amazing people that helped create one of the fastest growing companies over the years that we worked together. Of course, residential solar is having a bit of a reset and some of these folks are impacted by cuts. So here’s my ask to you, starting with two people that were amazing employees for me, are you looking for a marketing associate and sales manager? If so, let me know so that I can connect you to them.
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