How Solar Works

Mar 31, 2013 | Business, Cheap Energy, Improving Solar, Solar Safety

Description of a Typical Solar System Solar power systems turn sunlight into electricity. Silicon wafers capture photons from sunlight and turn them into DC power, which is then transformed into 120 volt AC power and connected to your existing electrical system — as...

Residential Solar

Mar 21, 2013 | Cheap Energy, Improving Solar, Residential Solar

Residential Solar [teaser]When you put your home to work generating solar power, you’ll see immediate savings on your electric bills, and significantly reduce your carbon footprint using clean, renewable electricity from the sun.[/teaser] Why is a solar power...

Solar Rights Manifesto

Oct 21, 2009 | Cheap Energy, Government, Improving Solar, News

Solar Rights Manifesto Although equipment and direct labor costs have declined as solar systems become simpler and safer, the sad truth is that the paperwork and bureaucracy have become even more complicated. Our greatest savings as an industry will be to attack these...

Silicone Shortage?

Aug 30, 2006 | Cheap Energy, Improving Solar

From our vantage point there does not seem to be much of a silicone shortage here in California.  The cosmetic surgery industry seems to be expanding quite rapidly. On the other hand, a shortage of refined silicon does persist in the solar power industry.  Based on...