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9h •
Role of Insurance companies....
It happened to me several times. Talking to a project owner. Some lousy products are on the BOM. I advise the owner to re-consider replacing some of the components. Reaction? Nah, I don´t want to add more money into the project. If something goes wrong, I am covered with insurance. My question is obvious: Are the insurance companies aware of the risk which are they taking? And what they do to minimize it? Does anyone here have any practical experience with insurance companies? And how do the insurance companies react for the exponentially growing risk?
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@Călin Sas OEM Warranty can be applicable only in the case that the company still exists. And you know the "death-rate" is quite high in the PV industry. Other than that, you have a bad luck with choosing the wrong partners for your adventure.
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@Giorgio Bonamini "light due diligence" - I like this definition. On one side, it is a shame for the industry that the end-users even think of a step called "due diligence" at all. On the other hand, knowing how high failure rates are common in PV, I am wondering that we do not see the due diligence present in a much more massive scale.
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Hail Resistance - a bit of controversy
I would like to offer you 2 points of view on hail resistance which I am seeing in my social bubble. 1. It shall be within the interest of every module maker to develop and design the modules with an improved hail resistance (resisting bigger hail size without damage), as the "hail showers" are more and more frequent even in regions where it was not very usual. The massive hail damage can happen nearly everywhere, therefore, never ending robustness improvements shall be part of the strategy of each module maker. 2. The fact that hail does not break the glass, but very likely breaks the cells is leading to situations that the asset owners have damaged plant, but proving it to the insurance company gets really expensive (EL screening). Insurance companies are reluctant to cover the damages, if the glass is not broken. For the sake of clarity, it would be the best, if the glass breaks as a matter of evidence. Then the whole insurance claim process goes much faster and the countermeasures can be done fast, cheap and easy. I wonder, which of those 2 ways is more resonating with you and why.
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@Călin Sas That sounds interesting. On the other hand, is that the "universal advice"? Perhaps it is really necessary to have a deep look on each project separately, as what Stefan mentioned here.
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@Călin Sas Thank you for your note. I would see it in a similar way. For me, this topic is interesting from the business communication point of view. Look how some companies do great efforts to make their products hail resistant. At the same time, look at other module makers, how they settle a narrative to demonstrate that fighting the hail damages is actually not in the interest of the end-user. From the "communication-anatomy" point of view, it is a really interesting situation to observe.
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What are you seeing with early-stage leads?
Do you think homeowners today prefer to research solar quietly on their own first, or do they still want to speak to someone early in the process? I’m seeing mixed behavior and I’m curious what you’re seeing in the field :)
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@Che Oomes It is with no doubts. We all here, we are PV professionals. We know, what to look for. Where the hidden bombs are. But an ordinary family house owner. Ask him, whether he prefers Jinko over Trina? I bet 99% of them have no clue, what are you talking about.....
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@Călin Sas Great example. I remember once knocking on the neighbor´s door with an advice that he shall cut the bush on his flat roof, which was shadowing his PV array. He was looking surprised to me and said that the EPC company told him that the PV is maintenance free through the whole life. 🙈💩🙈
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Wow, that is a bit strange to me. I am not sure, if I wish the PV installers to drill holes into the walls like this. The construction shall be designed in a way that those kinds of adventures are not necessary, don´t you think?
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@Călin Sas 🤣😎😂
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Project TITAN
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-project-titan-solar-replacement-program-2019-8?op=1 Tesla with it's program to repair modules optimizers ,rapid shutdown program - shows the flaws - here Walmart Amazon Part II
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Thousands of projects of this kind globally. And you are right, watching even niche progress on the technology side does not pay off the huge mistakes and failures happening during the project (not only) installation.
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....by the way, do you remember the CEA´s report few years back? 96% of checked (randomly selected 600+ installations) showed some sort of serious deviations...
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