Energy and utilities
Renewable energy and solar
Equipment sales, installations and service plans. Core operations map to planned catalog modules; remaining gaps are listed on the industry page.
Close fit Planned NAICS 221114 / 238210
Status
Planned The coverage below describes the planned catalog as of repository commit 455b2c8. No app is released. Everything on this page is a plan. The repository contains a catalog and design documents, not a released app.
How the industry works
Operating characteristics
- equipment sales
- installation projects
- financing and instalments
- maintenance contracts
- warranties
- off-grid kits
Typical roles
- sales advisor
- installer
- project manager
- service technician
- owner
Day-to-day flows
- quote a system
- take a deposit
- install
- commission
- invoice in stages
- service under warranty
Tenders and payments seen
- deposits
- staged payments
- instalments
- bank transfers
- cash
Inventory and assets
- panels, inverters and batteries with serials
- cables
- spare parts
Reports they ask for
- projects and margin
- warranty claims
- serial trace
- pipeline
Integrations they need
- financing partners
- manufacturer warranty portals
- accounting
A day in the life (illustrative scenario)
What the catalog covers
Statuses: C catalogued, P partial, G gap, N no claim. Modules involved: SALE, TKT, INV, PRC, DISC, RET, RSV, SVC, CRM, LOYL, GIFT, EMP, CASH, PAY, BK, LITE, RPT, ANL, MULTI, SEC, DATA, FAIL, HW, PE, LATAM, ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR.
| Capability | Status | Catalog modules |
|---|---|---|
| Selling and checkout | C Catalogued | SALE, TKT |
| Inventory, lots, purchasing | C Catalogued | INV |
| Pricing, discounts, tax rules | C Catalogued | PRC, DISC |
| Returns, credit, special sales | C Catalogued | RET |
| Reservations and appointments | P Partial | RSV |
| Work orders, rentals, services | C Catalogued | SVC |
| Cash drawer, shifts, safe | C Catalogued | CASH |
| Tender types and payments | C Catalogued | PAY |
| Customers, loyalty, gift cards | C Catalogued | CRM, LOYL, GIFT |
| Staff, time clock, payroll basics | C Catalogued | EMP |
| Bookkeeping and ledger | C Catalogued | BK, LITE |
| Reports and analytics | C Catalogued | RPT, ANL |
| Multi-store, multi-register, sync | C Catalogued | MULTI |
| Security, audit, backup, failsafes | C Catalogued | SEC, DATA, FAIL |
| Hardware and peripherals | C Catalogued | HW |
| Country fiscal packs | C Catalogued | PE, LATAM |
| Integrations, API, settings | P Partial | ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR |
| Project billing (progress, retainage) | P Partial | no dedicated module |
Gaps
- no system-design tools or monitoring
- no financing-partner or manufacturer portal integration
Closest catalog items
Items whose names or descriptions match this industry. Matching is by keyword, so read each as a pointer, not a promise.
- Progress invoicing RET-0039
- Retention on invoices RET-0040
- Project/job costing SVC-0010
- Time-and-materials billing SVC-0009
- Prompt for serial / batch on line SALE-0046
- Partial payment / deposit SALE-0060
- Special order (out of stock) TKT-0031
- Quote (cotización) TKT-0033
- Quote expiry & follow-up TKT-0034
- Quote to order conversion TKT-0035
- Layaway / apartado TKT-0037
- Gift card activation GIFT-0002
- Customer deposit (anticipo) GIFT-0018
- Bank deposit record CASH-0019
- Bank deposit slip record PAY-0009
- Payment cut-off & settlement day PAY-0029
Sub-verticals
Solar kit retailer
off-grid kits for homes
Open →Sub-verticalInstaller and maintenance firm
projects and service plans
Open →Regulation themes to verify
These are themes, not advice and not compliance claims.
- electrical and building codes
- grid-connection rules
- incentive and subsidy rules (themes to verify)
Edge cases that break naive systems
- component back-order
- warranty claim
- change in subsidy
Classification
- NAICS
- NAICS 221114 / 238210 (indicative; verify codes) · sectors 22, 23
- Fortune 500 industry labels
- Energy; Utilities: Gas and Electric
- Fit
- Close fit
No public reference was gathered for this industry; the description is domain analysis, not sourced research.
Questions
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