Inside Secrets from a Pioneering Solar Financier
Ever wonder how early investors turned a hippy solar energy industry into a $100+ billion worldwide industry? On this week's episode we...
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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 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...
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...
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....
Mar 27, 20171 min read
Getting your Solar Investment Tax Credit
It’s that time of the year…tax time, that is. Every year we get questions from customers about filling out their solar investment tax...
Mar 7, 20171 min read
Future Rooftop Solar Costs - Getting to $2.50/watt
The solar industry is one of our most obvious success stories. Our industry directly employs 261,000 people. We generate energy that is...
May 8, 20162 min read
Cost Trends in the Solar Industry
Lower costs trends in the solar industry are creating a boom. At the end of 2015 there were over 200,000 people employed in the industry,...
Apr 25, 20161 min read
Solar Power in the Sunshine State
When I first got into solar, Florida seemed to be a natural market. After all, it’s the sunshine state. In spite of the sun, there is one...
Apr 11, 20161 min read
Loans for Financing your Solar Installations
The economics for rooftop solar are terrific — typical paybacks in the 4-10 year range. From a Return on Investment (ROI) standpoint,...
Feb 22, 20161 min read
Financing Your Commercial Solar Installation
Commercial solar has lagged behind utility scale and residential solar for two reasons. The first is that paybacks for commercial solar...
Feb 16, 20162 min read
Understanding Proposals for Home Solar
Ahhh….it’s almost springtime. The weather is getting warmer, the trees are starting to bud, and people are starting to think about their...
Nov 16, 20152 min read
PACE Financing for Homes and Businesses with Cisco Devries
A rooftop solar system is an expensive up-front investment. The typical 5 kw system costs about $20,000 – or $14,000 after the 30%...
Sep 28, 20151 min read
Solar Marketing With Tor Valenza
Solar panels are commodities — not very different than the bottled water you find on a supermarket shelf. Granted some panels are more...
Jun 19, 20151 min read
Does Solar Increase the Value of my House?
I bet you don’t know that there is a home improvement investment that you can make that will increase the value of your house more than...
Mar 30, 20152 min read
Financing Options for your Rooftop Solar System
If you live in a location with high electric rates and local incentives, it’s very likely that the economics for a rooftop solar system...
Apr 17, 20132 min read
Financing your Rooftop Solar Power System in San Jose - Silicon Valley
Let’s face it, a rooftop solar power system isn’t cheap. But two recent developments have completely changed the economics for buying a...
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