Josh Dorfman, President of American Wire Group, discusses with Solar Spotlight how project developers can save time, reduce risk, and ensure quality by partnering with a nationwide, single-source renewable energy supplier.
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SPW: What does the company’s tagline, empowering a better world mean in the context of renewable energy infrastructure?
Josh Dorfman: For AWG, empowering a better world is more than a slogan — it’s our purpose. It’s why we do what we do. In the context of renewables, for AWG, we are a single-source solution provider to the industry. So, “Empowering a Better World,” it means making it easier, faster and efficiently delivering nationwide the best materials to bring clean energy to life.
AWG has a broad product offering from wire and cable to hardware and transformers. How does this set AWG apart in the marketplace?
Josh Dorfman, President of American Wire Group.
We are a very special organization serving the renewables market. We’re the only company in the industry that can supply everything from the substation to the solar accessories and everything in between. That supply capability is matched with the industry’s best technical support, project management, execution and a deep experience in serving renewables for over 20 years. But ultimately, for our customers, what this means is simplicity, fewer vendors to manage, less risk of mismatch, specs, faster project execution; it means reliability. Customers benefit from the largest inventory nationally and strategically located across the U.S. So, when project changes occur unexpectedly, your projects stay on track.
In large scale solar projects, why is it important for developers to have a single-source supplier like AWG for wire and cable, hardware and equipment?
Ultimately, the reason that it’s important is that these projects are complex, spanning miles of terrain, multiple phases, tight CODs. There’s a lot of moving pieces that go on at the same time. We are able to provide and ensure compatibility, streamline delivery and logistics and reduce risk across bill of materials. Our team is able to ensure that every interface from the wire to the grounding kits to the transformer needs to perform in unison and function as the plant needs a single source
How does AWG ensure quality, performance and compliance across such a diverse product portfolio, especially with critical equipment like Transformers.
We start with the best people on our engineering team, and our team is built around the leading experts in the industry who not only understand our products and services, but are available to support our customers’ projects from conception to installation to operation and maintenance and beyond. And having these experts with decades of experience at all stages of the product life cycle is crucial for our success and for our customers. We are the best experts in the industry concerning raw materials, production, methodology, technical standards and application use, as well as the associated technical support needs that go with it. From a product perspective, every AWG branded product is specified to meet or exceed the most stringent industry standards, like UL IEEE, NEC, AEIC, depending on the product category, on the power equipment.
This podcast is sponsored by American Wire Group
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