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Check out the recap from the show on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts: Discover how upcoming changes in solar tax credits could impact your investment decisions. Tune into Power Forward to gain insights from industry expert David Dunlap, BayWa r.e.’s VP of Product Strategy, on how you can navigate the evolving solar market landscape in 2026 and beyond. Highlights From This Podcast:...

Check out the recap from the show on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts: Highlights From This Episode: In this episode of Solar Tech Talk, we sat down with Travis Walker, Director of Business Development at BayWa r.e., to discuss how flexibility and strategic inventory management play a critical role in today’s solar market. As project timelines shift and market conditions evolve, hav...

The U.S. residential solar market is preparing for significant change as the 25D tax credit phases out at the end of 2025. If you’re a solar installer preparing for 2026, this episode breaks down the financing shifts you need to understand — from TPO to loan structures — and how to evaluate your options in a volatile market. In this live Power Forward session , recorded on the PowerUp Live Stage a...

The Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) is signed, as is the death warrant for the residential solar tax credit. On Power Forward, Solar Builder Editor-in-Chief Chris Crowell discusses what solar installers should do next with David Dunlap, VP of product strategy with BayWa r.e. Highlights From This Podcast: 0:36 – How to handle the Dec. 31, 2025, deadline for end of ITC 3:08 – What qualifies as...

Check out the recap from the show on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts: Highlights From This Episode: As the solar industry matures and evolves, repowering aging systems is becoming more important and relevant every day. So, what does repowering look like from an installer and manufacturer perspective? In this Solar Tech Talk, we look at repowering from every angle with expert insights fro...

Check out the recap from the show on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts: Highlights From This Episode: After months of anticipation, the “One Big Beautiful Bill” was officially signed into law on July 4th, 2025. In this podcast, David Dunlap, BayWa r.e. VP of Product Strategy, and Joy Seitz, CEO of American Roofing & Solar, discuss initial reactions to the bill and strategie...

The residential solar market has changed, which means residential solar business models need to change too. Over the next few episodes of Power Forward! we’ll discuss some actionable strategies for restructuring your approach so that your solar installation business can be more resilient in the years ahead. To kick things off we’re zooming in on the concept of “repowering,” and how you can turn th...

Check out the recap from the show on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts: Highlights From This Episode: The band is back together for a follow-up discussion surrounding 2025 Domestic Content Bonus Credit guidelines for PV solar projects in the United States. This podcast can be considered the sequel to our December 2024 episode (STT E25) and features David Dunlap, VP of Product Strategy of B...

We close out 2024 and look ahead to solar business in 2025 the way we always do with David Dunlap, VP of product strategy with BayWa r.e. and Chris Crowell, Editor-in-Chief at Solar Builder Magazine. Highlights From This Podcast: 0:37 – Look back at key solar storylines from 2024 4:43 – Lasting takeaways from bankruptcies and financing shift? 7:17 – Expectations for residential s...

Check out the recap from the show on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts: Highlights From This Episode: Learn the ins and outs of domestic content and what it means for your solar business from this comprehensive episode. Highly respected industry leaders Corey Geiger from Enstall US, Eric Bergman from Enphase, and David Dunlap from BayWa r.e. unpack the complexities of the IRA’s Domes...

As we come into the last months of the year, the BayWa r.e. team sits down with Chris Crowell of Solar Builder again to talk about tools for solar installers. This episode in our PowerForward! series partnership focuses on financing options that support solar business growth. 0:35 – Why should I consider offering solar systems via leases – aka third-party ownership? 1:48 – Questions to ask of my b...

Every few weeks, a member of the BayWa r.e. team sits down with Chris Crowell of Solar Builder in our PowerForward! series partnership. On this edition of Power Forward!, we’ll discuss conversations from RE+ 2024, the state of solar financing, why third-party ownership (TPO) is an important financing tool for solar installers, how the domestic content adder is being utilized, and how to judge loan...

Check out the recap from the show on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts: Highlights From This Episode: Ready to learn how to make your projects easier and support your customers? In this episode of Solar Tech Talk, BayWa r.e. experts dive in with Fronius , a primary manufacturer of inverters for solar installers in the US. They cover: The Fronius GEN24 and GEN24 Plus inverters Fronius&#8217...

We’re taking stock of solar business in 2024 and previewing what’s happening at RE+ in Anaheim with BayWa r.e.’s Director of Business Development, Travis Walker and Chris Crowell, Editor-in-Chief at Solar Builder Magazine. 0:42 – What has hurt solar businesses the most in 2024? M1 payments 2:32 – Three healthy solar business practices in 2024. 7:27 – Questions to ask suppli...

Every few weeks, a member of the BayWa r.e. team sits down with Chris Crowell of Solar Builder in our PowerForward! series partnership. BayWa r.e. recently hosted top customers and solar industry experts at its Business Leadership Summit. Director of Marketing Summer Rain Ursomarso and VP of Sales Jason Liehr, joined Power Forward! to share takeaways from presentations, and what solar installers w...

Every few weeks, a member of the BayWa r.e. team sits down with Chris Crowell of Solar Builder in our PowerForward! series partnership. The NABCEP CE conference is a great education and networking event for solar installers. On this edition of Power Forward! Solar Builder Editor Chris Crowell discusses the most important takeaways for solar installers from the 2024 edition of the NABCEP CE event w...

Check out the recap from the show on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts: Highlights From This Episode: Residential solar has been a staple of the solar industry but has seen large fluctuations in the most recent years. With these ebbs and flows, how can solar installers establish more stabilized profit margins and reduce overhead while capturing new business? In this episode of Solar Tech T...

Every few weeks, a member of the BayWa r.e. team sits down with Chris Crowell of Solar Builder in our PowerForward! series partnership. California solar installers experienced a disastrous 2023 as soon as the NEM 3 rate changes took effect. The California Solar and Storage Association reports about an 80 percent drop in rooftop solar projects since April 2023. To make matters worse, the California...

Every few weeks, a member of the BayWa r.e. team sits down with Chris Crowell of Solar Builder in our PowerForward! series partnership. What went wrong for the solar industry in 2023? Did anything go right? What can we expect in 2024 in terms of residential solar demand and solar panel supply? What should solar installers be cautious about? What opportunities should they seize? We discuss with Dav...

Check out the recap from the show on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts: Highlights From This Episode: Introduction to SPAN and their goal of making solar installers whole-home electrification experts  How SPAN’s training and partnership is helping create more business for solar installers across the U.S. Real-life accounts and experiences from a solar installer with SPAN products and...

Check out the recap from the show on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts: Highlights From This Episode: In this special podcast episode, BayWa r.e.’s VP of Product Strategy David Dunlap sits down with David Chang of Qcells and Tim Richmond of Chariot Energy to discuss the future of Qcells, growth in the United States and the navigation of deregulated utilities in the Texas market. In t...

Every few weeks, a member of the BayWa r.e. team sits down with Chris Crowell of Solar Builder in our PowerForward! series partnership. This week, we had an exciting conversation surrounding the most popular topics and trends to come out of this year’s RE+!  RE+ 2023 was the largest solar industry conference to date. What were the key takeaways and important product trends to note for solar...

Check out the recap from the show on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts: Highlights From This Episode: Introduction to Qcells and their mission to revolutionize solar (2:37) Why did Qcells decide to break into the energy storage space? (3:24) The basics and high-level overview of Qcells newest line card addition – the Q.HOME ESS SOLUTION (5:09) How the Q.HOME stackability and design c...

Check out the recap from the show on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts: Highlights From This Episode: Teamwork Makes the Design Dream Work: (0:35) Say the name “PanelClaw” and Jason’s ears perk up! As Aaron reminds us, Jason’s first assignment at BayWa r.e. was to run point on PanelClaw’s clawFR hardware platform and clawOS software offerings. Aaron and Jason explain how solar installers c...

If you didn’t get to NABCEP’s Continuing Education conference in St. Charles, MO this year, you might have missed the best event yet to grace the solar industry. 2023 NABCEP was one for the books – more attendees, vendors, sessions, and fun than ever before and just enough time to take it all in. In episode 19 of our Solar Tech Talk, Jason Burnett and Aaron Bingham, our Solar Tech Talk hosts, sit...