Why Did My PG&E Power Go Out and What Can I Do?
For the first time in 20 years California is experiencing rolling blackouts. Reports indicate that over 3 million residents were recently...
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Aug 5, 20201 min read
Covid-19 Impacts on the Solar Industry
The Covid-19 crisis has disrupted solar and storage supply chains across all segments of the industry, initially devastated customer...
Jul 29, 20202 min read
Sustainable Solar Development with Inovateus Solar
Today’s solar technology is the most sustainable way of generating energy. Solar power is inexpensive on a kilowatt per hour basis, is...
Jul 15, 20201 min read
Design Considerations for Battery Backup Systems
Solar and battery backup systems are the ideal antidote to the triple threat of high evening electric rates (over $0.50/kwh), frequent...
Jul 15, 20201 min read
Meeting Customer’s Changing Energy Needs - Renova Energy
The solar industry is used to rapid changes, hence the moniker “The Solar Coaster.” But this year the changes are at their most extreme...
Jun 29, 20202 min read
Span Electric Panel with Arch Rao
With the upcoming wildfire season in California and Covid-19 stay-at-home requirements, many people are looking into ways to power their...
Jun 18, 20202 min read
New Normal as we Recover from the Corona Virus
Everyone is looking forward to a return to some degree of normalcy as we recover from the corona virus pandemic. But it is very hard to...
Jun 8, 20201 min read
Will a Trillion Trees Stop Global Warming
As our society recovers from the triple threats of Coronavirus, economic collapse and social unrest, the longer term threat of global...
May 12, 20202 min read
Transforming our Electric Grid
In response to the Financial Crisis of 2008, Rahm Emmanuel — at the time Barack Obama’s Chief of Staff — quipped: “Never let a good...
Apr 28, 20202 min read
Wholesale Distributed Generation - Clean Coalition
With the Stay At Home orders in place throughout a large part of the U.S., many of us are now 100% dependent on our home’s electric grid...
Apr 20, 20202 min read
Reducing Solar Soft Costs with GreenLancer
The Covid-19 crisis will transform many of our traditional businesses processes. Although this podcast was recorded before Shelter In...
Mar 30, 20201 min read
Solar System Upgrade
With the gradual improvements in solar technology over the past 15 years, many early solar customers are considering a solar system...
Mar 11, 20201 min read
Drawdown - A Plan to Reverse Global Warming
Global Warming or Climate Change — whatever you want to call it — there is a general consensus that burning fossil fuels are heating up...
Mar 2, 20201 min read
Climate Smart San Jose with Ken Davies
The global warming crisis is a slow-motion train wreck that requires an all hands on deck response. Individuals, businesses and...
Feb 26, 20201 min read
Market Review of 2020 EVs
What started as a trickle of a few Electric Vehicles (EVs) has turned into a flood of models from virtually every single manufacturer....
Jan 31, 20202 min read
Converting a House to Zero Net Energy
Buildings consume 40% of our energy, most of that for heating and cooling. Almost all of this energy is supplied by fossil fuels,...
Jan 24, 20201 min read
The Myth of Whole House Battery Backup
Will batteries keep your AC cranking and electric vehicle charged up during an extended blackout? Probably not. We like to believe the...
Jan 7, 20201 min read
SolarEdge-Perspective for a Distributed Grid
People talk about solar panels and batteries a lot (at least the people I talk to). The reasons are that solar panels are conspicuous on...
Dec 20, 20191 min read
A Millennial's Perspective on the Green New Deal
The Green New Deal is getting a lot more attention as we get into the 2020 Presidential election. The Green New Deal is a set of proposed...
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...
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