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Running a Successful Local Solar Business with Vince Battaglia of Renova Solar

Aug 28, 2017 | Residential Solar, Solar Installers

Large companies are predominant in most industries. But when it comes to rooftop solar installations, small is beautiful. Although there have been several large national-scale solar installers, in the aggregate the smaller, local companies dominate. As with most other...

Commercial PACE Financing – With Brandon Deno

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...

Future Rooftop Solar Costs – Getting to $2.50/watt

Mar 6, 2017 | Battery Storage Systems, Business, Cheap Energy, Economics, Energy Politics, Energy Saving Tips, Energy Technology, Home Improvement, Improving Solar, Residential Solar, Solar Financing, Solar Industry, Solar Installers

The solar industry is one of our most obvious success stories. Our industry directly employs 261,000 people. We generate energy that is both clean and renewable. And we generate this energy at prices that are less than conventional utility power – as low as 6 cents...

Five Easy Ways to Compare Home Solar Proposals

Jan 20, 2017 | Residential Solar, Solar Installers, Solar Power System

Home solar systems are pretty simple: put some solar panels on your roof, wire them up, get connected by your utility, and enjoy cheap electricity for 25+ years. But the technology and options can be confusing – especially as solar salespeople strive to point out...

Solar Under the Trump Administration

Nov 21, 2016 | Energy Politics, Solar Installers

Our country had a surprise when Trump was elected as our next President. He takes office in fewer than two months. Compared to his predecessors, President Elect Trump has very different views about energy, manufacturing and business in general. Many of these views are...

What Could Go Wrong with your Home Solar System?

Sep 24, 2016 | Residential Solar, Solar Industry, Solar Installers

Just because you have a worry free warranty on your rooftop solar system doesn’t mean things can’t go wrong. Murphy’s Law — “anything that can go wrong will go wrong” — still applies. On this week’s Energy Show we will discuss the few real world things...