To Merge or Not to Merge. That Should be the Solar Installer's Question

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renewableenergyworld.com 10 Jul '12, 2pm

To Merge or Not to Merge. That Should be the Solar Installer's Question

A few months ago I wrote about large scale installers increasingly becoming almost as commoditized as their solar PV manufacturer cousins. In that post, I laid out some general solutions for avoiding commoditization, but there’s one tactic I didn’t mention: joining forces, or in business speak, “mergers and acquisitions.” As I mentioned in the previous post, large scale integrators are facing increasing competition and price pressures, and they’re not just coming from solar PPA developers demanding lower $/watt. Some of the competition is coming from solar PV manufacturers becoming more vertical . Take SunPower, for example. The company can not only manufacture panels, inverters, and tracking systems, but also can install and provide financing. For utilities and other large scale customers, a vertical one-stop-solar-shop business model is an added value of simplicity. The ...

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