1 / 13

Group Solar Purchasing: Driving Down Costs for More Affordable Energy

Learn how collaborative purchasing models for solar energy make residential PV systems more affordable, expanding the addressable market. Explore case studies, key design considerations, and lessons learned.

mick
Download Presentation

Group Solar Purchasing: Driving Down Costs for More Affordable Energy

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Group Solar Purchasing Making Solar Energy More Affordable

  2. Driving down costs will greatly increase addressable market for residential PV Source: ThinkEquity “Think Greentech” Feb 2010

  3. Average Price Residential Fix Mounted System - $/Watt Installed Systems co funded by Focus on Energy • $4.75 Commercial (50 kW) • $3.25 Utility (1 MW)

  4. Different name, same outcome • “Aggregate purchasing” • “Bulk solar” • “Solarize” • “Group solar” • “Collaborative purchasing”

  5. Why Collaborative Purchasing Works • Efficient • Aggregated development process • Expert + collective experiences • Assurances, safety in numbers • Affordable • Pre-negotiated discounts • Competitive bidding process • Faster Adoption • Limited time offers

  6. Models • Community-based • Fee-based • Solar contractor sponsored

  7. MadiSUN Case Study • 250 homeowners • 100 workshop attendees • 20 participants • 4 installers • Average price: $5.48 per watt • Average savings: 20% • Impact: 78kW, 10% increase in solar PV

  8. Key design considerations(pre-commitment approach) • Level of commitment needed from participants • Decision-making process

  9. Key design considerations (pre-select installer approach) • Selection committee make-up • Weighted value of selection criteria • Expected level of participation • One or multiple installers

  10. Key Lessons Learned • Identify key responsibilities • Sponsor • Project leader • Technical expert • Limited time offer • Index pricing

  11. In the works… • WECC Commercial Group Buy • MREA/Milwaukee Shines • MadiSUN/Willy Street Grocery Cooperative • Marshfield Sustainability Committee

  12. Questions • Bryant Moroder • bryant@madisun.org

More Related