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Getting your Solar Investment Tax Credit

Mar 27, 2017 | Cheap Energy, Economics, Solar Financing, Solar Industry, Tax Incentives

It’s that time of the year…tax time, that is. Every year we get questions from customers about filling out their solar investment tax credit (ITC) form. Now, we are not tax experts (so check with your accountant), but the rules are pretty straightforward for the solar...

Coal, Nuclear and Oil are Losing Steam – Can They Compete?

Mar 13, 2017 | Cheap Energy, Economics, Energy Politics, Energy Technology, Fossil Fuels, Improving Solar, Nuclear vs. Solar, Solar Industry, Utility Companies

Our sources of electrical power are quickly shifting. In 2016 there was 26 gigawatts of new electrical-utility capacity added in the U.S. Of this new capacity, 33% natural gas, 30% wind, 30% utility-scale solar (plus another 10% from rooftop solar), 5% nuclear, 1.2%...

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...

Ten Rooftop Solar Mistakes

Jan 16, 2017 | Solar Industry

Everyone makes mistakes – and I’ve certainly made my share of them. On this week’s Energy Show on Renewable Energy World we will discuss in detail some of the most common homeowner and installer mistakes that I’ve seen over the past 15+ years – as well as the actions...

A Gathering of Solar Pioneers

Oct 16, 2016 | Solar Industry

Scientists at Bell Labs made the first solar cell in 1954. A dozen years later entrepreneurs started installing solar panels on rooftops. Now we have over one million homes and businesses powered by solar panels. We owe much of this success to the thousands of men and...

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...