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<DIV>Well, just to be fair, many Chinese Co.s are propped up by the Chinese
gov't...favorable tax structures, free land, zero interest loans.
Solarworld seems to be somewhat of a target for failing US manufacturers,
however let's not forget the others here that have failed or may soon thanks to
installers not willing to hang in there for domestic manufacturers. I
actually take a small hit on my mark-up and try my best to sell the virtues of
keeping jobs here, producing PVs with less environmental impact and keeping
dollars in the US, to my customers. Any wonder where all that $$ comes
from that is propping up the US debt.</DIV>
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<DIV> As a side note, SW replaced an entire
array (residential) I could not pinpoint a reduction in output in after
troubleshooting for a couple days. Rather remarkable in itself, the real
story though is they were Siemens PVs. THAT is a warranty....they even
paid the freight.</DIV>
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<DIV> I've been in this biz for about 20
years and am competing with a couple new local start-ups and the likes of Solar
Universe and Solar City.... selling USA made PVs.</DIV>
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<DIV>Bill Battagin</DIV>
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<A title=kirk@vtsolar.com href="mailto:kirk@vtsolar.com">Kirk</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org
href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 13, 2014 4:25 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RE-wrenches] Canadian
Solar</DIV>
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<DIV>Solarworld is now propped up by Middle East investors (Quatar) or so I've
been told.<BR><BR>Kirk Herander
<DIV>VSE</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR>On Jul 12, 2014, at 6:49 PM, "Marco Mangelsdorf" <<A
href="mailto:marco@pvthawaii.com">marco@pvthawaii.com</A>>
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not so large German company that’s been bleeding money for the past
three years and whose stock value is in the toilet. Caveat
emptor.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</A>]
<B>On Behalf Of </B>Kristopher Schmid<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 12,
2014 10:26 AM<BR><B>To:</B> RE-wrenches<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RE-wrenches]
Canadian Solar<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P>I have been to the factory, Jerry and was very impressed. That's
why i use them whenever possible. <O:P></O:P></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>On Jul 12, 2014 11:27 AM, "Jerry Shafer" <<A
href="mailto:jerrysgarage01@gmail.com">jerrysgarage01@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:<O:P></O:P></P>
<P>Solar world is backed by a very large German company and is investigating
expanding the manufacturing foot print they have, have you been to the
factory, If not you need to go, in some cases you can take your customer
too. They sell low output cells that they will not use to other
manufactures. You never know with manufactures look at Sharp, I prefer US
over SEA<O:P></O:P></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>On Jul 12, 2014 9:08 AM, "Kristopher Schmid" <<A
href="mailto:solman@legacysolar.com"
target=_blank>solman@legacysolar.com</A>> wrote:<O:P></O:P></P>
<P>Thanks for the input, folks. My client is very concerned about
warranty disappearing if the company goes under and was attracted by their
third party warranty. Solarworld is my usual go to module, but my
client was not impressed with their stock history. Canadian Solar are
Chinese? WTF?<O:P></O:P></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>On Jul 11, 2014 5:40 PM, "jay peltz" <<A
href="mailto:jay@asis.com" target=_blank>jay@asis.com</A>>
wrote:<O:P></O:P></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>I'm always curious why they are interested in a
particular product, any idea Kris?<O:P></O:P></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>( especially with canadian solar as usually people think
they are canadian not chinese)<O:P></O:P></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>jay<O:P></O:P></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>peltz power<O:P></O:P></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Kristopher Schmid
<<A href="mailto:solman@legacysolar.com"
target=_blank>solman@legacysolar.com</A>> wrote:<O:P></O:P></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt">I have a client interested
in using Canadian Solar modules. Anyone that can share their
experience with them good, bad, or otherwise would be greatly
appreciated. Also, a recommended distributor?<O:P></O:P></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<O:P></O:P></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal>Kris<SPAN style="COLOR: #888888"><BR
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #888888">Shine On!<BR><BR>Kris
Schmid<BR>Legacy Solar, LLC<BR>864 Clam Falls Trail<BR>Frederic, WI
54837<BR><A href="http://www.legacysolar.com/"
target=_blank>www.legacysolar.com</A><BR><A href="tel:715-653-4295"
target=_blank>715-653-4295</A><BR>NABCEP Certified PV
Installer<BR>Licensed Wisconsin Master
Electrician<BR>BSEE<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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