Inside the Minds of Solar Consumers

Energy Gang

Wood Mackenzie

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🗓️ 7 October 2016

⏱️ 54 minutes

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With over 1 million residential solar systems in the U.S., photovoltaics are entering mainstream. But how do installers sell the next 10 million systems while giving consumers a good experience? This week, we're talking about what consumers are looking for when solar shopping. We'll talk with Vikram Aggarwal, the CEO of EnergySage, about the company's latest Solar Market Intel report that tracks buying habits and sales tactics. We'll explore the trends covered in the report. Then, we discuss South Australia’s state-wide blackout. Was wind power to blame? And finally, New York City’s solar market is taking off. Now it wants to do the same for storage. How did the city turn its solar market around so quickly? This podcast is sponsored by Mission Solar Energy, a producer of American-made solar cells and modules: http://www.missionsolar.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	The Energy Gang is brought to you by Mission Solar Energy, a solar cell and module manufacturer based in San Antonio, Texas.
0:08.0	Mission Solar is proud to be part of America's booming solar industry.
0:12.0	The company's solar manufacturing facility supports 400 U.S.'s benefit of being located in the US, Mission Solar's Texas-based
0:23.3	headquarters make it easier to fulfill the needs of domestic developers,
0:26.6	keeping your projects moving, and on schedule.
0:29.2	With a state-of-the-art R&D Lab, Mission Mission Solar pushes cutting edge technology to the consumer
0:34.8	after passing it through the highest reliability testing the solar industry has to offer.
0:39.2	You can find out more about MissionSells and modules at Mission Solar
0:43.0	Solar.com.
0:44.0	From Green Tech Media, this is the Energy Gang, a weekly digest on energy,
0:52.0	clean tech and the environment.
0:53.7	I'm Stephen Lacy, welcome.
0:57.4	This week, inside the mines of solar buyers, we're going to talk about what makes
1:05.2	homeowners invest in solar and what turns them off about the sales process.
1:10.1	Then unravelling South Australia's statewide blackout was wind power to blame.
1:14.8	And finally, New York City's solar market is taking off.
1:17.5	Now it wants to do the same for storage.
1:20.4	Catherine Hamilton and Jiggershaw are my co-hosts.
1:23.0	Catherine is in Washington DC, she's a partner with 38 North Solutions.
1:26.0	Hey, Catherine, how are you?
1:28.0	Hi, great.
1:29.0	And you were at your alma mater last week speaking at a conference and I think jigger showed up virtually?
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