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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
