Aug 22, 2016 | Energy Technology, Residential Solar, Tesla Solar Tiles
For over fifteen years I’ve been talking to homeowners who want solar shingles. This is a concept called Building Integrated Photovoltaics, or BIPV. The idea is for the outside of your building — the part that is exposed to the sun — to do double duty:...
Aug 13, 2016 | Cheap Energy, Commercial Solar, Electric Vehicles
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 Moore and Kathleen Hartnett White. From the book’s jacket: “…climate policies are pushing a grand-scale shift to...
Aug 8, 2016 | Cheap Energy, Energy Technology
We’re witnessing the transformation of electricity generation, storage and usage of electricity in buildings. The “home of the future” will have an appliance that combines an inverter, rooftop solar, battery storage and an EV charger – linked together with easy...
Aug 1, 2016 | Commercial Solar, Economics, Residential Solar, Tax Incentives
Traditional finance theory characterizes investments by their risk and their return. High risk investments, such as junk bonds, have to offer high interest rates to compensate for the fact that some of these investments will fail. Low risk investments, such as...