Solar Panel Production Facility in

Lane County

Kellan DavisDorin FachiolRyan JanoffRoss McDonaldNiki PaulsonSiqi Tian

“To make solar affordable to

80% of U.S. households”

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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Who is Grape Solar?

• Consortium of Chinese companies• Headquarters in Eugene, OR

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Low

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HighQuality

Quality vs. Cost

Sanyo SolarWorld

Sharp

Grape Solar

First Solar

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

Solution• Locate and prepare facility

• Hiring and training processes

• Support during the first six months

Subsidize lease costs for the first 6 months

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$500,000

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Revenue vs. Cost

Revenue Costs

Short-Term Objectives

• Create 75 family wage jobs paying $18/hour by Aug. 2010

• Increase production capacity to 25MW by Aug. 2010

Long-Term

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Benefit to Grape Solar

Growth of its workforce

Greater production

Expansion of customer base

Benefit to Lane County

Increase in local employment

Growth of citizen income

Availability of solar-energy

Get Your Money’s Worth

A little money can go a long way

For Lane County’s $78,000 investment…

$1,548,00019.8 times its investment

Together, We Can…

• Support our Economy, Society, Environment• Provide affordable solar energy to 80% of U.S.

Households

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

Moving Foward

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Questions?

“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

Second Quarter 2010

Third Quarter 2010

• 25MW production capacity

• 75 trained employees

by August

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Gross Profit to Net Income

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Stakeholders

Residents

Employees

Competition

Installers

Moving Forward