Sentences with phrase «soft cost reductions»

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Much of the downward price pressure for installed PV systems came from a reduction in «soft costs» and did not result from lower module prices, which have been mostly stable since 2012, according to the analysis.

The award to Virginia Tech will directly contribute to the soft (nonhardware) costs reduction, which constitute over 50 percent of the total costs in residential and commercial installations.

«The SunShot Initiative takes a holistic approach to cost reduction by addressing both hardware and non-hardware (also called «soft») costs,» said Ranga Pitchumani, the George R. Goodson Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, who also served as a chief scientist for the SunShot Initiative from its inception in 2011 until 2015.

Those traditionally soft skills will need to come out to play and bring transparency and openness to the table, whether negotiating a cost reduction, or finding suppliers with a good record in sustainable sourcing.

The North Carolina Solar Center at North Carolina State University has released a report titled Rethinking Standby and Fixed Cost Charges: Regulatory and Rate Design Pathways to Deeper Solar Cost Reductions that out.lines a series of approaches utilities and their regulators can adopt that provide a «softer path» to rate design that does not delay solar grid parity.

With module prices flat and subsidies declining, most future cost reductions will have to come through soft costs.