"Worse still, none of this is even free, really, as these costs are often baked into the upfront installation price. And because the vendor has already collected the maintenance money upfront, they have no financial reason to ever proactively show up and service the system"
BUT do you know how much competition is there on pricing of installation alone?
Solar square charges Rs 2,60,000/- for 3 kWp system where as markets have fallen to almost Rs 1,75,000/- and then people expect small vendors to turn up for cleaning when all they are making is a small profit on installing the system. So please don't patronize what solar square is doing rather look at the market condition. Indians are so sensitive to pricing that for 5000 bucks they will change the vendor.
The solution
Is to teach the customer to clean the panels at least once every month as residential environment mostly are pollution free and as for bird droppings solution is to install spikes on the top most part of installation.
Or if customer is ready to pay for cleaning of system small vendors are ready to provide the monthly cleaning but don't expect charity from solar vendors.
Hey guys - was trying to find an old post titled - How much energy do machines need to think from Apr 17, 2025, but can't seem to find it on substack. Is there a way to get access to it? Thanks.
Dear @marketsbyzerodha team, could you provide links of your YouTube videos or daily briefs chronologically, specifically the solar and renewable energy sectors? Having a sequential archive would make it much easier to understand how the industry has evolved over time.
I appreciate your reply Kashish, but that playlist doesn't fully capture the depth of coverage your team has done on solar (For eg: Today's India's rooftop solar problem, India's grid must match solar ambitions, The one thing holding back clean energy etc) are not mentioned. If you could make an archive on solar & clean energy, & its adjacencies, it would be helpful for the community to track the industry's evolution. You could implement this across sectors.
You say -
"Worse still, none of this is even free, really, as these costs are often baked into the upfront installation price. And because the vendor has already collected the maintenance money upfront, they have no financial reason to ever proactively show up and service the system"
BUT do you know how much competition is there on pricing of installation alone?
Solar square charges Rs 2,60,000/- for 3 kWp system where as markets have fallen to almost Rs 1,75,000/- and then people expect small vendors to turn up for cleaning when all they are making is a small profit on installing the system. So please don't patronize what solar square is doing rather look at the market condition. Indians are so sensitive to pricing that for 5000 bucks they will change the vendor.
The solution
Is to teach the customer to clean the panels at least once every month as residential environment mostly are pollution free and as for bird droppings solution is to install spikes on the top most part of installation.
Or if customer is ready to pay for cleaning of system small vendors are ready to provide the monthly cleaning but don't expect charity from solar vendors.
Hii am a beginner here, I have one question does anybody know how can Indians apply for the SpaceX IPO?
Hey guys - was trying to find an old post titled - How much energy do machines need to think from Apr 17, 2025, but can't seem to find it on substack. Is there a way to get access to it? Thanks.
Dear @marketsbyzerodha team, could you provide links of your YouTube videos or daily briefs chronologically, specifically the solar and renewable energy sectors? Having a sequential archive would make it much easier to understand how the industry has evolved over time.
We maintain a playlist for this on YouTube.
This should help -
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuJA1JMOOYDx7wMFN6UDHpIi7p4yvxzL9
I appreciate your reply Kashish, but that playlist doesn't fully capture the depth of coverage your team has done on solar (For eg: Today's India's rooftop solar problem, India's grid must match solar ambitions, The one thing holding back clean energy etc) are not mentioned. If you could make an archive on solar & clean energy, & its adjacencies, it would be helpful for the community to track the industry's evolution. You could implement this across sectors.
Thanks for this suggestion. We'll do this not just for solar, but for many more topics :)
Sure thing, boss. Let us get that added.