http://www.hooversbiz.com/2007/06/20/a-smarter-approach-to-the-solar-business/ Individuals - Companies - Industries: How We Work Now. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:09:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.hooversbiz.com/2007/06/20/a-smarter-approach-to-the-solar-business/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Hoover’s Business Insight Zone » In praise of new business models: Tom Peters. - Hoover's Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:26:39 +0000 http://www.hooversbiz.com/2007/06/20/a-smarter-approach-to-the-solar-business/#comment-22 [...] struck me because of (1) the Fast Company item on solar power discussed the other day, in which Charles Fishman wrote: “Solar, it turns out, hasn’t been waiting for a technology [...] [...] struck me because of (1) the Fast Company item on solar power discussed the other day, in which Charles Fishman wrote: “Solar, it turns out, hasn’t been waiting for a technology [...]

]]> http://www.hooversbiz.com/2007/06/20/a-smarter-approach-to-the-solar-business/comment-page-1/#comment-11 AJ Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:42:09 +0000 http://www.hooversbiz.com/2007/06/20/a-smarter-approach-to-the-solar-business/#comment-11 I should rectify my last comment "most states" don't give incentives - California, New Jersey, and Colorado to. And NJ has recently run out of funds for compensating builders which has resulted in a slowdown in business. I should rectify my last comment “most states” don’t give incentives – California, New Jersey, and Colorado to. And NJ has recently run out of funds for compensating builders which has resulted in a slowdown in business.

]]> http://www.hooversbiz.com/2007/06/20/a-smarter-approach-to-the-solar-business/comment-page-1/#comment-10 AJ Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:40:51 +0000 http://www.hooversbiz.com/2007/06/20/a-smarter-approach-to-the-solar-business/#comment-10 The item that most people don't mention about SunEdison is that fact that their business is based heavily upon the receipt of incentive payments from the states they work in. Once they build a project and get it online most states will give up to 50% of the cost of the system back to SunEdison. There has yet to be a true mass market solar model that applies to states with substantial solar power but without strong incentives. The item that most people don’t mention about SunEdison is that fact that their business is based heavily upon the receipt of incentive payments from the states they work in. Once they build a project and get it online most states will give up to 50% of the cost of the system back to SunEdison. There has yet to be a true mass market solar model that applies to states with substantial solar power but without strong incentives.

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