Vanguard Energy Partners (4 market/16 overall)
What’s the thing you enjoy most about being in the solar industry?
The ability to design and build sustainable energy plants for the end users which yield substantial energy cost savings.
What do you enjoy least about being in the solar industry?
The complexity of the tax driven financial structures necessary at times to monetize solar developments.
What’s the most important piece of technical advice would you offer your peers?
Ensure the solar energy off-taker’s understanding of how solar photovoltaic energy interacts with the specific site’s electrical gear and local distribution circuits.
What’s the most important business lesson you’ve learned since you’ve been in the industry?
Managing financial and technical expectations. Making sure the solar energy end user understands what to expect from the energy facility and the possible risks of the local and federal incentive programs as it relates to the expected investment payback period.
Solar, although an intermittent energy source, will continue to aggressively increase its presence within utility’s power mix, and a feasible alternative to the individual end user as a result of its efficient energy cost reduction benefits.
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