859: Patrick Crane’s Plan to Cut Solar Costs in Half
The $2/Watt Challenge: Can We Get There?
Is $2/watt solar a pipe dream—or a real target we can hit in the next few years?
Patrick Crane, Global Head of Growth at OpenSolar (and solar pioneer since Sungevity), says not only is it possible, but we already know how to get there. In this conversation, Patrick breaks down the most bloated parts of the cost stack—from customer acquisition to permitting delays to clunky tech stacks—and lays out a clear path to radically cheaper solar installs.
Drawing on two decades in solar and his time as CMO for LinkedIn, Patrick shares how smarter software…
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