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This is your SolarWakeup for October 25th, 2023

Managing Installer Cash Flow. Interest rates are the highest in 22 years, increasing solar financing costs and softening consumer demand for loan products. Businesses are feeling the pain of strained cash flows, labor costs and profitability pressures. Palmetto, a B2B technology company accelerating the adoption of clean energy, has announced a new partnership offering for solar installers to help stabilize cash flows and grow faster in today’s market. Built on top of Palmetto’s Clean Energy Operating Platform, this is a comprehensive suite of tools and services enabling installers to streamline operations, optimize performance, and increase profitability. Visit https://www.palmetto.com/finance or contact capital@palmetto.com for more.

Opinion

Best, Yann

This is your SolarWakeup for October 24th, 2023

Content Channel. One of the interesting aspects of SolarWakeup is the daily readership looking for interesting content. So in an effort to gain new perspectives, I’d love to get your ideas on where you’re seeing interesting ideas, thoughts and advice. That way, we can leverage this digital auditorium for more content distribution. In many ways, this is the largest daily audience in the solar industry, akin to that you would see during the opening speeches of RE+.

Managing Installer Cash Flow. Interest rates are the highest in 22 years, increasing solar financing costs and softening consumer demand for loan products. Businesses are feeling the pain of strained cash flows, labor costs and profitability pressures. Palmetto, a B2B technology company accelerating the adoption of clean energy, has announced a new partnership offering for solar installers to help stabilize cash flows and grow faster in today’s market. Built on top of Palmetto’s Clean Energy Operating Platform, this is a comprehensive suite of tools and services enabling installers to streamline operations, optimize performance, and increase profitability. Visit https://www.palmetto.com/finance or contact capital@palmetto.com for more.

Opinion

Best, Yann

This is your SolarWakeup for October 23rd, 2023

Resi’s Circularity. Interest rates rising, changes in net metering policies, and inventory within distribution is too high, those are the challenges facing installers across the Country. On the other side of the equation, interest rates and inflation are also challenging the utilities resulting in higher energy prices. Interest rates will come down but I’ve never seen electricity prices do the same which means that some advantages could come out of this for the residential market. At some point, distribution will have to move the inventory and there’s already talk of price cuts which will enable some margin retention by the installer as well. Lastly, look for innovation or as I like to call it, focusing on what you do best. This will enable everyone to partner more and drive more volume on the thing you do best.

Managing Installer Cash Flow. Interest rates are the highest in 22 years, increasing solar financing costs and softening consumer demand for loan products. Businesses are feeling the pain of strained cash flows, labor costs and profitability pressures. Palmetto, a B2B technology company accelerating the adoption of clean energy, has announced a new partnership offering for solar installers to help stabilize cash flows and grow faster in today’s market. Built on top of Palmetto’s Clean Energy Operating Platform, this is a comprehensive suite of tools and services enabling installers to streamline operations, optimize performance, and increase profitability. Visit https://www.palmetto.com/finance or contact capital@palmetto.com for more.

Opinion

Best, Yann

This is your SolarWakeup for October 20th, 2023

Solar Is Booming. Solar is set to be the leading source by 2050 according to estimates and more solar is getting built this year than any year before.

And It Can’t Happen Bigger Or Faster. The planet needs solar and renewables to help electrify and decarbonize as much as possible, with big tipping points in climate change ahead. The economic upside of the energy transition is also not a bad side effect of dealing with this head on.

But Resi Is Having A Reset. Europe demand in residential is struggling and interest rates is putting massive pressures on the market and the requisite stocks that highlight the market performance. Residential solar isn’t going anywhere but it means folks will have to focus on what they’re best at in order to succeed. Partner with folks, pick those that you want to work with and realize that you can create win-win situations in semi-competitive environments.

Managing Installer Cash Flow. Interest rates are the highest in 22 years, increasing solar financing costs and softening consumer demand for loan products. Businesses are feeling the pain of strained cash flows, labor costs and profitability pressures. Palmetto, a B2B technology company accelerating the adoption of clean energy, has announced a new partnership offering for solar installers to help stabilize cash flows and grow faster in today’s market. Built on top of Palmetto’s Clean Energy Operating Platform, this is a comprehensive suite of tools and services enabling installers to streamline operations, optimize performance, and increase profitability. Visit https://www.palmetto.com/finance or contact capital@palmetto.com for more.

Opinion

Best, Yann