For solar, hardware prices have decreased so much that soft costs are now the significant majority (64%)[1] of installation costs.
For solar, hardware prices have decreased so much that soft costs are now the significant majority (64%)[1] of installation costs. This means that in an industry that's growing exponentially[2], there's enormous opportunity in improving efficiency with software. Why aren't there more software startups in solar? In my experience, it's for two reasons: 1. Most entrepreneurs associate the energy sector with hardware. Hopefully, the DOE's publicity of the soft cost problem[3] in solar will help change this perception. 2. The pain points are really only visible to energy industry insiders. For my startup (UtilityAPI), the pain point we're solving was only really visible after a year of working in the industry. [1] - http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/12/nrel-soft-costs-now-larg... [2] - http://www.seia.org/research-resources/solar-industry-data [3] - http://energy.gov/eere/sunshot/soft-costs
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IMO it's a bit more nuanced than what the author portrays it as.
In the UK Amazon have now raised the price of general shipping to be 2/3 the price of a months prime subscription.
Credit where credit is due, critics claiming "[Apple device] is too expensive for something that just does [basic function]" have been pr...
I like to buy music.
Meet K-Claw.
Fable is way too expensive for basic software stuff.
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For solar, hardware prices have decreased so much that soft costs are now the significant majority (64%)[1] of installation costs.
For solar, hardware prices have decreased so much that soft costs are now the significant majority (64%)[1] of installation costs. This means that in an industry that's growing exponentially[2], there's enormous opportunity in improving efficiency with software. Why aren't there more software startups in solar? In my experience, it's for two reasons: 1. Most entrepreneurs associate the energy sector with hardware. Hopefully, the DOE's publicity of the soft cost problem[3] in solar will help change this perception. 2. The pain points are really only visible to energy industry insiders. For my startup (UtilityAPI), the pain point we're solving was only really visible after a year of working in the industry. [1] - http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/12/nrel-soft-costs-now-larg... [2] - http://www.seia.org/research-resources/solar-industry-data [3] - http://energy.gov/eere/sunshot/soft-costs
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