Residential Solar Archives - Cinnamon Energy Systems

Cleaning Solar Panels

Oct 1, 2018 | Commercial Solar, Energy Saving Tips, Residential Solar, Solar Power System Maintenance

When a business or homeowner gets a new rooftop solar installation, the second question they always ask is “how often do I need to clean my solar panels.” We’ll answer that question on this week’s show — taking into account the different effects of rain, dust and...

Ten Electric Utility Company Myths

Jul 31, 2018 | Battery Storage Systems, Commercial Solar, Energy Politics, Energy Technology, Residential Solar, Solar Power System, Solar Technology, Utility Companies

Electric utilities got their start in the U.S. in the 1880s. Thomas Edison began transmitting DC power as he literally illuminated the world. Then George Westinghouse (with help from Nikolai Tesla) deployed a better way of delivering electricity with AC power. Both...

California Requires Solar on all New Homes

Jul 24, 2018 | Architecture, Battery Storage Systems, Energy Politics, Energy Technology, Residential Solar, Solar Power System

California continues to lead the country when it comes to clean and inexpensive energy. Here is an example – In May the California Energy Commission passed a rule that goes into effect on January 1, 2020 that requires solar on all new homes. The rule applies to all...

Solar and Battery Storage System Engineering with Josh Weiner of SepiSolar

Mar 19, 2018 | Battery Storage Systems, Energy Technology, Residential Solar, Solar Installers, Solar Technology

Solar and battery storage systems are constructed on-site with components from a number of different manufactures. It’s not as if one crate gets delivered to the job site and is simply plugged in. There are on the order of fifty different solar panel...

Which solar panels are best?

Sep 4, 2017 | Improving Solar, Residential Solar, Solar Technology

Here’s a solar industry secret: all solar panels generate the same amount of electricity on a per watt basis. In other words, twenty 300 watt panels will generate exactly the same amount of electricity as twenty-five 240 watt panels. Indeed, there are objective...

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...