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Carlos Class
CEO and co-founder of Goldi America (Solarix), a veteran-led American solar module manufacturer based in Forest, Virginia.
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Oct 29, 2026
980: From Policy to Power: What It Takes to Get Energy Built
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Nico JohnsonHOST
I'm curious, what's the hardest part of taking that empty building and turning it into a production facility with bankable solar modules and that outsiders really can't appreciate?
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8:52Carlos ClassGUEST
You know, to be honest with you, I thought it was going to be the investment side of the house.
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8:56Carlos ClassGUEST
We're not affiliated to any single large entity that you can mention, right? Or Inc.
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9:03Carlos ClassGUEST
To be honest with you, the most difficult portion that myself and my core management team, we faced was the continuous letdown and pushback from our community elected politicians.
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9:20Carlos ClassGUEST
I'm speaking, obviously, in central Virginia, all the way from the federal level representation to the local delegates, where we went to a place that had no jobs, no investments, more than half a million dollars in the last 10 years, and 800 families that lost their jobs.
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9:42Carlos ClassGUEST
These include physicists, PhDs, you name it, right? And to be able to come back, and obviously the building itself was an overbuilt building.
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Nico JohnsonHOST
What do we need folks in the industry to do differently? Besides improve our messaging, is there anything else that you as a manufacturer require? Is it longer term procurement, commitments, different model for procurement generally? Is there an ask that you have of the community to help sustain this domestic market? I think this is the best