[RE-wrenches] Silicon energy

[Solar]

No, they had a batch of the cascades delaminate last year. They were replaced. We will see if anymore blow apart after this winter. I only have a few modules out there of the old style and they have been installed for 3 years, so as for me personally I will be fairly safe. Some contractors had a cozy relationship with SiE and have many many modules out there, I hope for their sake the mods hold up. I haven't installed any of the newer modules that look very very similar to Solarworlds glass on glass. Maybe I can get a few of the newer style for my electrical class at a discount now. 

Seems like Outback made a smart move all those years ago.  Without the generous incentives these modules just weren't going to make a go of it. We lost 20 good IBEW manufacturing jobs at the plant too. 

Jesse Dahl

NABCEP PV Installation Professional
IBEW Local 292 - Electrician 
Electrical/Solar PV Instructor - HCC

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> On Dec 18, 2015, at 5:23 PM, Bill Hoffer <sunengser at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> WA Silicon Energy has been shut down for almost a year now, leaving behind a lot of warranty claims for delaminated modules.  Not a pretty picture at all.  Hope you have only the first generation modules, before they went to a thinner lamination......
> 
> Bill
> 
>> On Dec 18, 2015 3:51 PM, "Solar" <dahlsolar at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I just read in the paper that the SiE plant here in MN just got rid of all its top management and only has two people left in the plant. It has halted manufacturing and doesn't know if it will reopen. Not shocking, it also says the plant in WA shut down recently. Any WA wrenches have news from that plant?
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>> 
>> Jesse Dahl
>> 
>> NABCEP PV Installation Professional
>> IBEW Local 292 - Electrician
>> Electrical/Solar PV Instructor - HCC
>> 
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