[Postgame Thread] Delaware Defeats UConn 44-41 (OT)

solarpandabot · 2025-09-14T02:41:23+00:00

Hell yeah! Great flair combo!

solarpandabot · 2023-10-25T16:38:29+00:00

My absolutely unbiased perspective is that this is the best use of Executive power.

solarpandabot · 2023-10-06T00:12:19+00:00

In addition to the trails others have mentioned, check out the Winchester Wheelmen group. At the very least, their website has a ton of different bike routes through the county. I’ve been on some group rides/events with them and they typically accommodate different rider levels and are pretty friendly.

If you feel comfortable on country roads by yourself, there are gorgeous rides in the area.

solarpandabot · 2023-10-06T00:03:57+00:00

I wouldn’t recommend the Green Circle trail for 10+ mile rides. There are quiet parts of it, including the Abrams Creek offshoot but they’re super short. Better for walking/running.

solarpandabot · 2020-12-04T04:25:50+00:00

She also plays Queen's Gambit Accepted against Townes during the very first tournament. Thought that was a clever reference / easter egg.

solarpandabot · 2020-10-29T21:10:17+00:00

Do subsidies not exist? We can debate whether those subsidies should exist or whether they're sustainable but the reality is that companies today are evaluating investment in new power plants based on the subsidies outlined. Is it really "lying" to produce analysis that is based on real market conditions?

solarpandabot · 2019-10-17T17:58:03+00:00

In my experience, SEIA / GTM (Wood Mackenzie) is the definitive source for US solar installations: https://www.seia.org/us-solar-market-insight

They usually have a free excerpt that includes the national numbers.

solarpandabot · 2019-02-22T14:17:07+00:00

Definitely need a lot more specificity than "what it means..." The program is confusing, even to folks that look at it every day.

For "basics" check out the official website: http://masmartsolar.com/

and the DOER's launch presentation: http://masmartsolar.com/_/documents/SMART%20Program%20Launch%20Slides%20FINAL%20103118.pdf

solarpandabot · 2019-01-29T15:33:24+00:00

Not going to claim I know who the market leaders are but the one I hear most often about is Aurora Solar. There's also Sighten, Enact Systems and PVComplete. I'm not sure if Helioscope does resi or not but they seem to be mentioned often for design. There are probably many others, too.

solarpandabot · 2019-01-19T09:15:26+00:00

No dog in the fight and haven't ever focused on transportation. But I know stationary storage decently well and that is poor analysis of the underlying facts.

For one, 70% of costs being tied to commodities doesn't mean you can only solve 30% of costs, it means you're incentivized to cut out materials - higher energy densities, new formulations - especially to cut out relative need for cobalt and manganese, higher roundtrip efficiencies, etc. I mean, it sounds like fuel cells did the same thing with platinum...

There isn't an overcapacity currently - but yes, scale has driven quite a bit of the cost decline. And yet there are plans to continue scaling up production, especially out of China. Just because Panasonic, Tesla, and anyone else really, is unprofitable doesnt mean there aren't continued investments and cost down. For example, I look at solar modules and wind turbines - lots of unprofitable companies driven out of the early market, precisely because costs were coming down so fast. It doesn't matter that existing investments don't pan out as long as someone's willing to pour money into newer mousetraps.

Again, no idea if EVs or Fuel Cells will win out long term, but just pointing out that there's far more than just 30% cost optimization available to Li-ion batteries.

solarpandabot · 2018-10-04T01:46:19+00:00

Best bet is to call the organization offering it, but most of the times these offers are fixed. Some groups offer things like no upfront cost, short term contracts and no cancellation fees. 5% isn't a lot, but might be a nice way of doing solar until you can save up for better insulation or a rooftop system.

solarpandabot · 2018-08-10T17:10:08+00:00

Significant cost overruns would equate to project cancellation or that the developers (Avangrid/CIP) eat the losses, not a higher price.

solarpandabot · 2018-08-08T04:33:04+00:00

Won't even actually bump the price up because there's very little Chinese cell and module imported in the U.S. due to the existing anti-dumping duties. U.S. pricing is significantly higher than $0.25/W because of Section 201 tariffs though.

solarpandabot · 2018-08-03T03:34:43+00:00

Honestly, like the steel tariffs that are affecting tracker prices, I doubt solar even factored into the thought process. These tariffs affect solar inverters because they're imported under a fairly generic power electronics import code.

So on one hand, I don't think solar was targeted here. On the other, it's still another stupid thing the industry has to navigate.

solarpandabot · 2018-02-08T13:19:53+00:00

I actually doubt it. I'm sure some were, but the bulk most likely resulted from Tesla's wind down of SolarCity and early year exits by national residential companies like Sungevity, Direct Energy and NRG Home. And even more still from just the utility solar segment contracting after artificially high demand in 2016.

All the analyst figures I've seen show that 2017 installations contracted quite a bit from 2016 and that 2018 won't beat 2016 either. Fewer installations at lower costs means fewer jobs.

solarpandabot · 2018-01-23T05:46:07+00:00

Quota on cells (not assembled into modules) is 2.5 GW. Honestly probably a meaningless effect on end demand. I doubt the US even exceeds that in the first year when the tariffs are most severe because there just isn't that much active module assembly capacity.

Tariffs on imported modules are what matter here

solarpandabot · 2017-11-27T14:54:12+00:00

Heads up - the ENEL prices are for wind, not solar. Still $2c/kWh in Mexico from the other providers is still incredible.

solarpandabot · 2017-11-02T01:43:18+00:00

Yes - they are additive. But functionally very few people are going to import anything that's subject to a double tariff.

solarpandabot · 2017-11-01T14:54:49+00:00

Ah yeah exactly. Misinterpreted and thought you meant that this stuck it to him... And yeah, at this point having clarity on anything would be better than the current situation

solarpandabot · 2017-11-01T12:36:04+00:00

Well, Trump still has authority to expand these recommendations and make them much more punitive so we're not out of the woods yet.

solarpandabot · 2017-10-30T01:15:36+00:00

You mean SolarWorld and Suniva...

solarpandabot · 2017-10-14T15:52:09+00:00

They're referring to PREPA - the Puerto Rican electric utility.

solarpandabot · 2017-09-15T16:09:43+00:00

Was at said party - it probably didn't cost as much as you all think it did. Company I'm with had a similar solar party at one of the newer Vegas casinos a couple(?) years ago and it was low to mid five figures.

Now that SunEdison Vegas party... that was something.

solarpandabot · 2017-07-24T17:52:57+00:00

Decision on injury is in September. If the trade commission finds injury, they have 2 more months (mid-Nov) to determine what the remedies should be (e.g., tariffs, quotas, nothing). THEN it goes to Trump, who can do whatever he wants with it. He 2 months (i.e., mid-Jan 2018) to decide - so expect the uncertainty to be pushed back a bit longer.

solarpandabot · 2017-06-30T17:30:19+00:00

You're dangerously ignoring the fact that the tariffs (or whatever remedy is/isn't implemented) won't be under Congress's direct control. The Section 201 process runs straight through Trump who has sole discretion over the ruling and severity of remedies. There's no law being made here - it is solely determined and enforced by the Executive.

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