US solar plant costs fall another 30 per cent in one year

Re:US solar plant costs fall another 30 per cent in one year by maxerickson on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @10:01PM (#15290195)

The discussion in your first link is interesting. Smaller installers can end up having lower costs because they spend less on customer acquisition. They pay somewhat higher prices for material, but plummeting panel costs and not holding panels in inventory have worked out well for them.

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Re:US solar plant costs fall another 30 per cent in one year by snovv_crash on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @02:42AM (#15291319)

This sounds like inverse economies of scale. Interesting.

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Re:US solar plant costs fall another 30 per cent in one year by corpMaverick on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @09:50AM (#15293668)

Thanks to your comment I looked this up. There is actually a term for this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diseconomies_of_scale

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