May 30, 2017 | Energy Politics, Improving Solar, Residential Solar, Solar Industry
I think Charles Dickens was describing the Solar Coaster in his introduction to “A Tale of Two Cities”: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of...
May 22, 2017 | Improving Solar, Residential Solar, Solar Industry
Many industries have boom and bust cycles as manufacturers try to adjust supply to customer demand. These challenges are accentuated in the solar industry because customer demand is influenced by changing incentives (rebates and tax credits), government policy...
May 15, 2017 | Energy Politics, Government
In a world full of alternative facts, it should come as no surprise that the EPA no-longer stands for Protecting the Environment. On January 20th, 2017, only a day before millions of Americans took to the streets to march in support of climate action, the EPA made...
May 10, 2017 | Battery Storage Systems
Since the sun does not shine at night we need a way to store daytime-generated solar energy. Net metering is an elegant and 100% efficient way to shift excess solar power, but that system will not work at high solar penetration levels. Never mind the fact that...
May 2, 2017 | Commercial Solar, Solar Financing, Solar Industry, Solar Installers, Solar Power System
] PACE financing, or Property Assessed Clean Energy, started out about 10 years ago as a financing mechanism for residential solar. Basically, the cost of the solar system is repaid over a 5 to 20-year timeframe as a part of the building’s property taxes. The benefits...