Comments on: Three Ways Automation Can Smash Solar Interconnection Costs http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/09/three-ways-automation-can-smash-solar-interconnection-costs/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 13:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Bob_Wallace http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/09/three-ways-automation-can-smash-solar-interconnection-costs/#comment-186004 Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:29:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=57496#comment-186004 This is basically why the German subsidy program was so successful. They created a system in which people who installed solar could make more money if they paid less for their system.

This created incentive to seek out lowest prices and forced installers to minimize their price in order to get business.

Changing the US system now, pretty much impossible.

]]> By: Jouni Valkonen http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/09/three-ways-automation-can-smash-solar-interconnection-costs/#comment-185960 Thu, 10 Oct 2013 13:38:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=57496#comment-185960 It is probably that US solar incentives are the higher the higher are the soft costs. Solar incentives should be fixed — one to two dollars per watt. This would give a motivation to drive down the soft costs.

]]> By: JamesWimberley http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/09/three-ways-automation-can-smash-solar-interconnection-costs/#comment-185863 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 23:22:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=57496#comment-185863 ¨Solar soft costs [ ….] have remained steady. ¨¨
This is not a worldwide problem. The USA is in the Red Tape club with Spain, Brazil and others. The Fast Track club, led by Germany, also includes Britain and Australia. The gap is extraordinarily wide. National connection regulations and competitive electricity supply markets are clearly part of it.

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