Off-grid solar, the industry’s often unappreciated stabilizer
Grid-connected applications may be where the money is, and isn’t, but once upon a solar time off-grid was the dominant application in the PV industry. Nowadays it is considered a quaint niche application, and is often ignored in analyses. This is shortsighted, as all grid-connected business models have their roots in off-grid deployment. Village grids, for example, are the great grandparent of today’s microgrid and community solar.
About the author Paula Mints is the Founder and Chief Analyst of global solar market research firm SPV Market Research. Paula began her career in 1997 with Strategies Unlimited. In 2005 she joined Navigant, where she continued as a Director in Energy Practice until October 2012, when she founded SPV Market Research. Paula’s areas of expertise include: global markets and applications for solar products, cell and module cost and price analysis, system and system component analysis (including inverters, trackers, and other BOS components), and trend analysis.
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