How Do Solar Companies Find Their Customers
According to a recent GTM/SEIA study, residential solar installation costs in the U.S. were basically unchanged from Q4 2014 to Q4 2015....
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Mar 24, 20161 min read
Affordable Solar Panels Made In The U.S.A
Most of my rooftop solar customers express a preference for buying U.S. made solar panels. And they were willing to pay a premium for...
Mar 21, 20161 min read
Electronics Beats Mechanics for Energy Generation and Storage
Our society’s energy generation transition from wood to coal to oil to gas has been steady and obvious. Now we are benefiting from the...
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...
Mar 14, 20161 min read
Future of the Residential Solar Industry with Paula Mints
The “solar coaster” is not the newest daytime ride at six flags, but a term for the cyclical ups and downs of the solar industry. Like...
Mar 10, 20161 min read
Finding an Experienced and Certified Solar Contractor
Every residential solar contractor’s website talks about their experience, knowledge of rooftop solar products, and happy customers (full...
Mar 10, 20161 min read
Charging your Electric Vehicle
Electric vehicles are great: they’re affordable, great for the environment and low maintenance. And where electric rates are low — or if...
Mar 7, 20161 min read
How Long Will Oil and Gas Prices Stay Low?
– $31.03 per barrel – current spot crude oil price – $59.95 per barrel – price of an empty steel oil barrel on Amazon – $82.50 per barrel...
Mar 1, 20161 min read
Energy in the Home of the Future
Fireplaces and chimneys have been part of every home and shelter ever since primitive man poked holes in the tops of their caves to let...
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...
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Feb 5, 20162 min read
Bob Dylan summed it up: “The times [of the rates], they are a changing.”
If you are on the current E-6 TOU rate you don’t need to do anything. This E-6 rate is currently slated to stay in place until 2020 or...
Feb 1, 20161 min read
Top 10 Solar Predictions for 2016
After gazing into my crystal ball, I see a good year for rooftop solar in 2016. In fact, towards the end of 2016, my crystal ball got...
Jan 25, 20161 min read
Are Clean Diesels the Future?
After driving a diesel truck for the last month and a half it is my opinion that the diesels are dead. Mercedes’ BlueTec clean diesel...
Jan 17, 20161 min read
Solar Incentives in 2016
Over the past few months you may have seen or heard a continuous stream of ads warning about the imminent demise of solar incentives,...
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...
Dec 28, 20151 min read
The Path to Energy Independence with John Farrell of the ILSR
$400 billion dollars. That’s how much money is spent every year on electricity in the U.S. It’s a huge industry. But not for long,...
Dec 21, 20151 min read
The Push Towards 100% Renewables With Clint Wilder
Mankind has been in an energy transition ever since two cave-boy scouts rubbed two sticks together and created fire. Although the world’s...
Dec 14, 20151 min read
Politics of Clean Energy
I’m wading into an opinionated minefield. We’re not supposed to talk about religion or politics in polite company. But we already did a...
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