PF! E21: Domestic Content Deep Dive for Solar Pros 2025
From Solar r.e.view Podcast by Solar r.e.view
March 14, 2025 · 33 min
About this episode
The episode explores the implications of domestic content requirements in the solar industry with insights from industry experts.
Domestic content is one of the most important topics in the solar industry, but what do solar contractors need to know about it right now? To answer this question, Chris Crowell, Editor-in-Chief of Solar Builder, dives deep into Domestic Content with David Dunlap, VP of product strategy at BayWa r.e. 0:48 - Has the Trump Administration changed the domestic content outlook? 3:02 - Available U.S. solar manufacturing (modules, inverters, racking, batteries) 7:12 - Overview of changes to Safe Harbor Tables 9:38 - Is there value in sourcing a module with domestic wafers? 13:23 - MLPE vs. string cost percentage comparison 17:26 - How long can I use the May 2024 Safe Harbor Table? 19:24 - Changes to Energy Storage domestic content rules 22:29 - Does the DC percentage step up 5% each year for the ITC or no? 25:16 - What is the residential demand for domestic content solar products? 27:58 - Demand for domestic content in commercial solar? 29:06 - Is it just better to not pursue the domestic content tax credit? Follow BayWa r.e.: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bwresolarus/ Subscribe to Solar Builder: https://solarbuildermag.com/subscribe/
People in this episode
Host: Chris Crowell
Guest: David Dunlap
Topics covered
- Domestic Content
- Solar Industry
- U.S. Manufacturing
- Tax Credits
- Energy Storage
- Market Demand
Keywords
- domestic content
- solar contractors
- manufacturing
- Safe Harbor Tables
- ITC
- energy storage
- commercial solar
- residential demand
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: BayWa r.e., Solar Builder
Places: U.S.
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