PV only contractors? [RE-wrenches]

[Joel Davidson]

Travis, Thanks for the feedback. I thought that wind machine installers in the
Midwest also did PV or visa versa. Any windpower installers in the U.S. also
installing PV as a significant percent of their work?

"Travis Creswell, Ozark Solar" wrote:

> Interesting question, one I've often asked my self.
>
> I'm replying to both groups.  I'm not full time solar PV although I sure got
> into it with the goal of full time.  Currently my commercial and industrial
> lighting services are at least 70% of my annual business and growing.  My
> best estimate for my business' foreseeable future is less and less solar,
> partly because the lighting services are doing so good but mainly because it
> appears to be impossible to make a living doing solar in my area.
>
> As far as I know there are NO full time contractors doing PV only in the
> four states of MO, AR, KS and OK.  Of course, I'm defining contractors as
> someone who
> has some form of license and insurance and really is in business.  I
> occasionally hear of folks with no business name who are dabbling with it.
> If your guess is less than 100 in
> California I'd would say the rest of the country might only add up to
> another 200.
>
> Travis Creswell
> Ozark Energy Services
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joel Davidson" <joeldavidson at earthlink.net>
> To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>; <RE-Markets at topica.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 9:42 PM
> Subject: [RE Marketing] PV only contractors?
>
> > I'm posting this on both groups because I think it overlaps. Today I was
> > asked how many full-time contractors in the U.S. install just PV. No
> > occasional PV contractors. No contractors that do conventional
> > electrical work and some PV work. No mailorder or internet parts houses.
> > Just real, full-time contractors that only install PV. I really don't
> > know, but I'm guessing that there are less than 100 independent PV
> > installers in California who work full time in PV. Please post how many
> > full-time PV contractors you think are in the U.S.
> >
>
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