Helena Li and pv magazine editor at large Jonathan Gifford
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The headline of this video-interview article was amended on 28.6.2024
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I would like to think that Helena Li is correct. The quality in product we’ve seen really took a step backward during COVID, due to the supply-chain issues. For a product that needs incredible reliability to be successful, it’s worrying seeing brand-new companies enter the market at a rapid rate. I suspect a lot of those that entered the US market a few years ago will be gone in a few years, which unfortunately will mean a lot of homeowners will be without a warranty on their investments.
Healthy competition is always helpful, but I think it’s important that end-users get warranties that are truly backable– and those are almost always from the larger companies that are big enough to weather the economic storms or “solar-coaster”.