Comments on: Solar technology spared in proposed International Building Code changes https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2022/11/solar-technology-spared-in-proposed-international-building-code-changes/ Covering the world of solar power technology, development and installation. Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:18:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 By: Solarman https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2022/11/solar-technology-spared-in-proposed-international-building-code-changes/#comment-138241 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:18:08 +0000 https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/?p=100453#comment-138241 “There is expected to be a slight increase in manufacturing costs for ground-mounted solar structures with this shift to category II. Roth Capital Partners expects “modest increases in tracker costs,” with an estimated increase of 2-5% in category II, in contrast to an estimated 30-40% increase in category IV.”

In 2010 a very large surge in solar PV panel manufacturing allowed solar PV panels dropping in price pecipitiously from a ‘retail’ price of $5.50/watt to an average of $0.90/watt with tariffs today. Solar PV will never see such a large drop in costs again, but making un-needed ‘code adjustments’ driving costs back up again is counter productive to the entire market.

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