The Top 3 by E3
Welcome to E3 Consulting's The Top 3 by E3! We are delighted that you are taking the time to check out our series on the profession of Independent Engineering. Our podcast aims to introduce listeners to project finance and engineering. During each episode, we will examine a topic we encounter in our daily lives as technical advisors. Topics will range from the profession of Independent Engineering to hydrogen, wind, solar, and energy storage, among many others. While we can't touch on everything about a topic during our series, we will provide listeners with the "top three" takeaways. We want to thank Joseph McDade for allowing us to use his music, Elevation, as our theme. Please check him out at https://josephmcdade.com.Again, thanks for listening, and if you have any suggestions for upcoming topics, please reach out to us at e3co@e3co.com. The E3 Crew
The Top 3 by E3
Latest Episodes
Forecast vs Reality in Utility-Scale Solar: Why Solar Energy Forecasts Can Still Underperform
We discuss why a bankable utility-scale solar energy forecast can be technically solid and still underperform once the plant is operating, and why that “small” production gap can turn into a big revenue and debt coverage problem. We...
What’s Next for Aging Commercial Solar? Maintain, Repair, Repower, or Decommission?
In this episode of The Top 3 by E3, Daniel Tarico and Mike Kocsmiersky discuss the options for maintaining, repairing, repowering, or decommissioning older commercial and industrial PV systems, focusing on decision-making factors ...
Rethinking Solar O&M: Why Current Cost Models Fall Short
Rounak Kharait, E3's Executive Director of Solar, and Daniel Tarico, E3's Director of Renewables, discuss solar O&M cost models, suggesting that they need to be changed and made more realistic to reflect the true lifecycle maintenance requi...
Series Episode Four: PVsyst Parameters
In this final episode in the PVsyst series, Daniel Tarico and Frances Plourde discuss the impact of system design on photovoltaic (PV) system modeling, focusing particularly on shading losses and module mismatch within the context of using the ...
Series Episode Three: Understanding PVsyst Reports
In the third episode of the PVsyst series, Daniel Tarico and Frances Wilberg-Plourd from E3 discuss the interpretation of PVsyst reports and how they relate to PV system energy estimation, specifically focusing on how PVsyst calculates energy p...