Solar for Commercial Buildings
The Energy Show · Solar for Commercial Buildings Every time I fly into a city the glare from bright white commercial rooftops screams out...
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Dec 13, 20192 min read
Solar Tracker Systems with Alex Au
Whether it’s a residential, commercial or utility solar project, contractors strive to install systems that generate the most energy at...
Sep 17, 20192 min read
Reducing Peak Demand Charges
Unless you have rooftop solar, you’re probably incredibly unhappy about rising electric bills. This misery is even worse for commercial...
Aug 27, 20192 min read
Solar Investment Tax Credit
30% of the costs of a solar or battery storage system are paid for with the Solar Investment Tax credit. The Solar Investment Tax Credit...
Jun 19, 20192 min read
Installing Solar on Flat Roof Commercial Buildings
Every time I fly into a city I’m amazed at the number of naked, white, empty flat commercial rooftops that should be producing megawatts...
May 16, 20191 min read
Marketing Commercial Solar with Tor Valenza
When you fly into just about any city you will see hundreds of white commercial flat rooftops. These rooftops are just begging for solar...
Oct 24, 20182 min read
Energy Toolbase with Adam Gerza
Solar combined with battery storage seems like magic to many residential and commercial customers. With a million and a half systems...
Oct 1, 20182 min read
Cleaning Solar Panels
When a business or homeowner gets a new rooftop solar installation, the second question they always ask is “how often do I need to clean...
Sep 19, 20182 min read
The Commercial Solar Opportunity
There are there are three market segment for solar in the U.S.: residential, utility and commercial. Based on some rough math, in 2018 we...
Jul 31, 20182 min read
Ten Electric Utility Company Myths
Electric utilities got their start in the U.S. in the 1880s. Thomas Edison began transmitting DC power as he literally illuminated the...
Jul 5, 20181 min read
Todd Lindstrom with Enable Energy
Success in the solar industry requires leaders with a diverse skill set. Leaders must really understand the technology’s evolution, be...
May 3, 20181 min read
Can the Battery Storage Industry Avoid the Same Mistakes as the Solar Industry?
The battery storage industry is roughly where the solar industry was in the early 2000’s. It’s a tiny market now, with fewer than 1,000...
Apr 28, 20181 min read
Gigawatt Scale Solar Installations
We often talk about smaller solar power systems on homes or commercial buildings. On this week’s Energy Show we are discussing gigawatt...
Feb 24, 20181 min read
Commercial Solar and Energy Storage Leases - With Stan Fishbein
Businesses regularly use leases to finance their buildings, vehicles and equipment. And anyone who has rented an apartment or leased a...
Jan 9, 20182 min read
Commercial Energy Storage with Neil Maguire of Adara Power
For the past 15+ years companies have been installing PV solar systems to reduce their energy costs, measured in kilowatt hours (kwh)....
Nov 29, 20171 min read
The Economics of Commercial Energy Storage Systems
There is no doubt in my mind that Energy Storage Systems (ESS) will be as ubiquitous as solar – in all market segments. Utility companies...
May 2, 20171 min read
Commercial PACE Financing - With Brandon Deno
PACE financing, or Property Assessed Clean Energy, started out about 10 years ago as a financing mechanism for residential solar....
Sep 5, 20166 min read
An Urgent Letter to the Solar Industry and our Customers from Jigar Shah and Barry Cinnamon
We don’t call it the “Solar Coaster” for nothing. U.S. solar installations will hit 16 GW in 2016. These solar installations are having a...
Aug 13, 20161 min read
Fueling Freedom Book Review - The Faulty Rationale for Fossil Fuels
I don’t normally do book reviews, but I came across a recent book called “Fueling Freedom – Exposing the Mad War on Energy,” by Stephen...
Aug 1, 20161 min read
Rooftop Solar is a Low Risk, High Return Investment
Traditional finance theory characterizes investments by their risk and their return. High risk investments, such as junk bonds, have to...
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