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Solar Panel Production Facility in
Lane County
Kellan DavisDorin FachiolRyan JanoffRoss McDonaldNiki PaulsonSiqi Tian
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“To make solar affordable to
80% of U.S. households”
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Working Towards a Sustainable Future
• Opportunity: Growth of solar market
• Solution: Production facility in Lane County
• Implementation: $78,000 to lease production facility
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30%
Growth
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Who is Grape Solar?
• Consortium of Chinese companies• Headquarters in Eugene, OR
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High
Low
Cost
HighQuality
Quality vs. Cost
Sanyo SolarWorld
Sharp
Grape Solar
First Solar
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Strengths:High quality, Low cost
WarrantyExperience
Weaknesses:Reputation of Chinese-
made productsNewly Established
Small local workforce
Opportunities:Growing market
Technology advancementTax incentives
Available workforce
Threats:Solar panels too expensive
RecessionCheap alternative energy
sourcesIncrease in competition
SWOT Analysis
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Solution• Locate and prepare facility
• Hiring and training processes
• Support during the first six months
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Subsidize lease costs for the first 6 months
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Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Month 5 Month 6$0
$500,000
$1,000,000
$1,500,000
$2,000,000
$2,500,000
Revenue vs. Cost
Revenue Costs
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Short-Term Objectives
• Create 75 family wage jobs paying $18/hour by Aug. 2010
• Increase production capacity to 25MW by Aug. 2010
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Long-Term
2010 (25MW) 2011 (100MW) 2012 (300MW)0
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600
800
1000Jobs Created
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Benefit to Grape Solar
Growth of its workforce
Greater production
Expansion of customer base
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Benefit to Lane County
Increase in local employment
Growth of citizen income
Availability of solar-energy
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Get Your Money’s Worth
A little money can go a long way
For Lane County’s $78,000 investment…
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$1,548,00019.8 times its investment
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Together, We Can…
• Support our Economy, Society, Environment• Provide affordable solar energy to 80% of U.S.
Households
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What’s the plan?
First Quarter 2010: Hire 25 employees Set-up facility
Second Quarter 2010: Reach 18MW capacity Employee total 75 workers
Third Quarter 2010: 25 MW capacity
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Moving Foward
2010 (25MW) 2011 (100MW) 2012 (300MW)0
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400
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800
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Questions?
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“I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.” – Thomas Edison
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Second Quarter 2010
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Third Quarter 2010
• 25MW production capacity
• 75 trained employees
by August
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February March April May June July
$(400,000.00)
$(300,000.00)
$(200,000.00)
$(100,000.00)
$-
$100,000.00
$200,000.00
$300,000.00
$400,000.00
$500,000.00
Gross Profit to Net Income
Gross Profit Net Income
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Stakeholders
Residents
Employees
Competition
Installers
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Moving Forward