Why Utility-Scale Solar Is Quietly Failing in 2026? #349
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Dean Solon discusses the challenges facing utility-scale solar equipment and the state of American solar manufacturing.
American solar manufacturing is getting a reboot. Dean Solon, founder of Create Energy and formerly of Shoals Technologies, sold 1 GW of product in Q1 of this year alone. In this episode, he walks Tim Montague through his vertically integrated factory in Portland, Tennessee, and names exactly why utility-scale solar equipment is quietly failing at scale. American solar manufacturing has a reliability problem, and the utilities and independent power producers who own these fields for 30...
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