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Aug 1, 20172 min read
LG Battery Storage with Linh Tran
20 years ago the problem with rooftop solar was that customers needed a large collection of lead acid batteries to store their daytime...
Jul 17, 20172 min read
Enphase Battery Storage System Review
Future energy sources in our homes and businesses will be a combination of rooftop solar, battery storage and power delivered by the...
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....
Apr 3, 20172 min read
How Many Solar Panels Do I Need?
It may seem counter-intuitive, but you can have too many solar panels on your roof. With conventional net metering, your utility will not...
Feb 14, 20172 min read
Three Options for Local Clean Energy
If you have an electric bill there are three basic ways for you to get your electricity from renewable sources. The most popular is...
Jan 20, 20171 min read
Five Easy Ways to Compare Home Solar Proposals
Home solar systems are pretty simple: put some solar panels on your roof, wire them up, get connected by your utility, and enjoy cheap...
Jan 9, 20172 min read
Rooftop Solar Potential in the U.S.
At the center of our solar system, approximately 92.96 million miles away, is a nuclear power plant capable of powering the entire globe....
Jun 20, 20161 min read
Straight Answers To Your Solar Questions
How many solar panels will fit on my roof? How can you tell if a solar salesperson is exaggerating? Will a big solar company be more...
Mar 17, 20161 min read
How Many Solar Panels Do I Need
For a homeowner, determining how many solar panels you need is a simple question. But in order to answer the question accurately, 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...
Jan 12, 20162 min read
New Year's Energy Resolutions
If only all our New Year’s Resolution were this easy. Luckily, saving energy is easier than losing weight after gorging over the...
Jan 4, 20161 min read
Equipment for Your Commercial Solar Installation
Whenever I land in a city I can’t help noticing how few — if any — commercial rooftops have solar panels. Historically, there have been...
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%...
Nov 11, 20151 min read
Tips for Lower Cost Rooftop Solar Installations
Headline: “Low Cost Rooftop Solar.” What’s not to like? If you’re a homeowner you can save thousands of dollars shopping around for the...
Oct 27, 20152 min read
Solar Safety
Recently, a solar worker in Hawaii fell off a roof to his death. Construction work is one of the most dangerous activities, and...
Sep 20, 20152 min read
Can I Get Solar if my Roof is Shaded
Rooftop solar panels only work when they are in direct sunlight. So if you install solar on a partially shaded roof, the output of your...
Aug 26, 20151 min read
Questions You May Ask About Rooftop Solar
I’ve spent a lot of time over the past 15 years talking to homeowners about rooftop solar. More kitchen table chats and walks around the...
Aug 11, 20151 min read
Solar Advice from Pat Redgate at Ameco Solar
Technologies, companies and business models in the solar industry come and go. But even in the relatively new solar industry, history...
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...
May 4, 20151 min read
Ten Energy Savings Myths
With energy prices changing so quickly — and new technologies ramping up into the marketplace — the “conventional wisdom” about energy is...
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