Sofia Ramirez

Sofia Ramirez has devoted her career to solar energy, working as a solar engineer designing utility-scale projects before pursuing her MBA from UCLA Anderson to analyze the industry financially. Born in Mexico City and educated as an electrical engineer, Sofia witnessed solar's transformation from niche technology to cost-competitive mainstream energy source. She spent years at SunPower and First Solar, giving her insider perspective on panel manufacturing, project development, and the economics of solar installations. Sofia understands module efficiency, balance-of-system costs, capacity factors, and how learning curves drive solar's relentless cost declines. She excels at analyzing panel manufacturers facing brutal competition from Chinese producers, residential solar installers navigating policy changes, and utility-scale developers building massive solar farms. Sofia was early to recognize that solar would achieve grid parity and correctly predicted consolidation among residential installers. Her analysis covers crystalline silicon and thin-film technologies, tracking innovations like bifacial modules and perovskite cells. She also evaluates how policy—tax credits, net metering, renewable portfolio standards—shapes solar deployment. Based in Phoenix, Arizona, Sofia is surrounded by abundant sunshine and booming solar adoption while analyzing this rapidly growing renewable energy sector.