Have to remember that the module prices may go up but the BOS equipment and labor will stay roughly the same. So the increase is only on part of the project cost. The tax credit is on the whole project. Of course being a SW fan, I just hope SolarWorld can keep up with demand.
On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 9:49 AM, Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > The reports or news I have heard is THAT PRICES will go up for > residential and small commercial projects by at least 10 cents minimum per > watt and maybe even higher wiping out the 30% credit , but not much for > large utilities projects . Paula Mints in her videos predicting analysts is > almost always I ll spot on . I wonder if the tariff which is now going to > Trumps desk will be backdated to apply to major importers and even > distribution stock ? My suggestion if you have available cash to buy all > the modules you can from companies on the Stock Market like Hyundai , LG , > Panasonic , etc that have more than one iron in the fire . If there is a > minimum price tariff of .78 cents a watt on imported cells and modules it > will be bloody like 1986 ! At the end of the year you need to buy all the > inventory you can anyway for tax purposes. The President is off in Asia but > will probably sign off on ??? after he gets back before December. Any real > ideas on how this will effect pricing as to modules already in the supply > chain down to the disruption to distributors would be nice to know off > from other products that this happened to effect I.E.an example. At this > time of year due to taxes you can hardly lose by buying modules, because > from what I see only SolarWorld may not be effected . No one seems to know > but THE PRICES are going up to residential customers and small commercial > including those 12 and 24 volt modules that almost all come 99% from > overseas . Hope it is a small headwind and not a cyclone to push against > but it was s obvious that SEIA lost this battle to stop the price increase > . Real important is to act before the tariff can effect your future > customers. Gator Tom > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: [email protected] Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
