Anyone have any experience in manufacturing here?
I'd love any insight you can provide.
I want to manufacture solar panels - building my own now.
My end goal is to set up a manufacturing plant in my small part of the world so I can help reduce the cost of solar panels in the hope that would spur more business and residents to have them installed on rooftops. Which would boost our economy by having a greater portion of our GDP being spent on other things that aren't electricity.
We have:
-Tropical sun, near equator
-Astronomically high electricity prices
-Cheap land for a manufacturing plant
I need to start small though. Anyone?
>>1360241
bump
http://www.what-is-coaching.com/support-files/lazymansway2riches.pdf
http://www.scienceofgettingrich.net/itworks.pdf
Educate yourself.
Where are you from?
I remember that a few years back in Europe everyone would get subventions for buying solar panel, didnt last though.
What competitive advantage do you propose? If you do the same shit as everyone else chances are you'll never manage to compete.
Moreover, I saw something about flexible solar panels, even more competition now
>>1360277
localized distribution - we're in the middle of the ocean, and all of our panels are currently shipped in from no less than 1600 miles away. I can cut that down to 1-50 miles. Even if I use the same current design principles as others, I can reduce panel prices through localization and massive tax breaks through local employment programs.
>>1360241
Solar panel manufacturing is a capital intensive and highly competitive global industry dominated by China, and to a lesser extent US/Japanese firms. The name of the game is increasing efficiencies of the panels year after year which is a constant arms race.
As a startup you will do better being the regional distributor/installer for one of these firms as opposed to starting your own company from scratch.
> equator
So most of the workforce will be niggers? They will steal, wreck your shit, and worse.
