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Re:Tesla CTO: Batteries and Solar Will Lead to Cheap Electri... by jerf on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @09:32AM (#9891121)
"customer acquisition, marketing, distribution, project development, permitting, monitoring, analytics. etc."

(I'm not vouching for this, I have no personal experience.)

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Re:Tesla CTO: Batteries and Solar Will Lead to Cheap Electri... by diafygi on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @10:15AM (#9891344)
Yep, you'd be amazed at how much solar work is still done in Excel and on pen and paper.
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Re:Tesla CTO: Batteries and Solar Will Lead to Cheap Electri... by spathi_fwiffo on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @11:45AM (#9891923)
I imagine most contractors for all forms of construction are still working on paper or in spreadsheets. What makes solar so different that some organizational software will slash consumer prices? I guess from a sales, customer acquisition, permitting point of view at least.

I guess if we are talking advanced mathematics to pick out optimal installation patterns and angles (for fixed position panels), maybe this is where the software would be useful.

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