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Who is the best Solar Company?
December 25, 2016

Who is the best Solar Company?

Modern Sustainable Residential Design: A Guide for Design Professionals is the latest book by Architect William J. Carpenter FAIA PhD The world of residential building is poised to do great things. The guidance, information, materials and technology, while ever-evolving, are in place. Now its the hearts and minds that must follow. Modern Sustainable Residential…

Top Solar Company in the World
November 25, 2016

Top Solar Company in the World

Solar Power World, the industry’s leading business-to-business publication, today announced the release of its 2016 Top 500 Solar Contractors list. The Top Solar Contractors list is the most recognized annual listing of North America’s top solar contractors working in the utility, commercial and residential markets. Companies are grouped and listed by specific…

SolarCity Calculator
May 2, 2017

SolarCity Calculator

Enlarge / Tesla is starting pre-orders on smooth and textured black glass solar roofs. Tesla Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter on Wednesday that the company’s solar roof panels would be available for pre-order that afternoon. In a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Tesla and SolarCity executives said the roof would be cheaper, on the whole, than installing…

Solar Top
September 5, 2016

Solar Top

The top-10 list is based on the ongoing work by our in-house research team at PV-Tech’s parent company Solar Media Ltd., where we track in-house and third-party supply across the value-chain of all the major companies in the industry today. Image: Trina Solar There are many key metrics worth listing at the end of each year in the solar industry. In terms of the…

Solar Solutions For Home
September 14, 2016

Solar Solutions For Home

Solar panels are one of the most widely accessible and practical technologies for renewable energy on the market. So why aren’t they on every home in the country? Despite their benefits, a number of long-standing misconceptions about the capabilities, cost, and reliability of home solar panels have inhibited the growth of this game-changing technology. Today…

Solar Setups
May 16, 2016

Solar Setups

We started using solar on our RVs ever since we hit the road back in 2006. When we bought our bus conversion in 2011, we’ve been researching options for the right solar panel setup – and we know that a lot of our readers are extremely interested in this topic as well. Our goal is to have enough solar & battery to be able to go for extended periods without…

Solar Homes Project
June 4, 2017

Solar Homes Project

Back in 2015, Google launched a clever venture called Project Sunroof that used Google Maps data to assess the solar potential of individual roofs, giving homeowners a better idea of whether or not they should take the plunge. From humble beginnings in a few select cities the project has now expanded to cover every US State, and the data collected in the process…

Solar Homes Inc
September 1, 2016

Solar Homes Inc

Elon Musk s solar energy company wants to equip 5 million homes in the U.S. with its new solar-powered roofs, according to This comes a month after Musk revealed SolarCity s plans to create entire roofs made up of solar panels. When installed, they would look like traditional roofs-thus potentially removing the aesthetic obstacle inherent to going solar. While…

Solar Heating Company
May 30, 2017

Solar Heating Company

25 years ago TiSUN was founded in a garage and an office in a cellar, solemnly equipped with a desk and a phone in Kitzbühel, Austria. Every beginning is tough and in this case the business is run in a 10 m2 basement office and a 30 m2 storage area in Kitzbühel. But soon this space is too small. Due to successful sales in the area of heating engineering, a space…

Solar for my House
January 13, 2015

Solar for my House

Want to know if your home is a good fit for solar? A few simple guidelines will help you to identify your home solar viability: 1) South-facing orientation: For solar installations in the northern hemisphere, the consistent rule-of-thumb is: The more south facing the surface, the more energy the system will produce. Ideally, one would want to install the solar…

Solar FAQs
March 30, 2017

Solar FAQs

Today, solar costs less than traditional electricity in many markets, whether you choose to pay as you go or purchase the system. We offer a range of financing options, which makes going solar simple and affordable. › more How will solar panels look on my roof? In a word: fabulous. Our modern, low-profile design and premium front trim integrate elegantly into…

Solar estimates
March 31, 2017

Solar estimates

Technology has advanced to such a level that many homes can receive the majority of their electrical supply directly through sunlight. Naturally, this means that a suitably sized solar panel array is properly mounted to the home. For this discussion we will look at the costs and requirements for sizing and installing a solar panel system for home energy creation…

Solar Energy Net
August 20, 2015

Solar Energy Net

Some of the technical requirements for interconnection to the electrical grid are: Effective grounding – Your generation system must be effectively grounded. Most utility distribution systems in North America, including most of our utility distribution lines, are multi-grounded systems. This means there is a separation of your grounding system and our grounding…

Solar Electronics
May 10, 2015

Solar Electronics

Solar module-level electronics rivals SolarEdge and Enphase reported their respective first-quarter earnings on Tuesday, allowing for a side-by-side comparison of their financial results. Both of these firms were founded in roughly the same era and both tenaciously pioneered their respective module-level solutions. Both venture funded firms grew spectacularly…

Solar Electricity Definition
September 14, 2016

Solar Electricity Definition

Solar power is the use of the sun’s energy either directly as thermal energy (heat) or through the use of photovoltaic cells in solar panels and transparent photovoltaic glass to generate electricity. Standard photovoltaic solar panels are the most efficient application of photovoltaics. However, photovoltaic glass allows generation from surfaces like building…

Solar Electric Generators
June 24, 2015

Solar Electric Generators

Wholesale Solar stocks and delivers complete solar and backup power systems for homes, businesses, boats and RVs, remote telecommunications, and unique applications. Complete, Customized, Any Size You Want We can work with you to design any size system. With the newest Enphase Energy Inverter Systems, you can even add on to your existing solar power system one…

Solar conversion
December 16, 2016

Solar conversion

Issues : (1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit erred in holding, in conflict with the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 3rd and 9th Circuits and this court s precedents, that there is an exception to the rule that horizontal price-fixing among competitors is illegal per se under Section 1 of the Sherman Act where the prices are fixed below cost…

Solar Compare
August 23, 2016

Solar Compare

Both solar loans and solar leases/PPAs offer benefits for homeowners, and there are multiple factors to consider when making your solar financing decision. Cash flow over the length of the agreement Both $0-down solar loans and $0-down solar leases/PPAs result in immediate savings, with no money out-of-pocket, because your monthly loan or lease/PPA payment will…

Solar Company Near me
December 8, 2014

Solar Company Near me

Local solar companies are growing market share because they now have access to more sophisticated financing options previously only available to the large solar leasing companies. Local solar companies tend to be very knowledgeable, do high quality installations and have high quality consumer reviews scores compared to the large solar leasing companies. However…

Solar at Home
August 4, 2014

Solar at Home

Just out of view on the back side of Rob and Irene Kneeland’s Colonial house in Sutton, 28 photovoltaic panels are transforming light into power every time the sun shines. The system came online in December. By March, the Kneelands’ monthly electric bill had dropped from $150 to $38. “I imagine the next bill will be about zero, ” Rob Kneeland said. “It appears…

Residential Solar Technology
May 31, 2015

Residential Solar Technology

A photovoltaic (PV) solar energy system is composed of solar panels, racking for mounting the panels on the roof, electrical wiring, and an inverter. From sunrise to sunset, the solar panels generate direct current electricity (DC) which is sent to the inverter. The inverter converts the DC into alternating current (AC), the type of electricity required for household…

Residential Solar Solutions
November 5, 2014

Residential Solar Solutions

The Residential Solar Solutions Program will provide up to $1.29 per watt (for FY 2017-2018) for installed systems sized 30 KWdc or less that meet program guidelines . The incentive calculation will not exceed 50% of the total cost of the system. In case of over-sized systems the incentive is calculated based on 100% of customer s historical usage. Paid incentive…

Residential Solar Electricity
March 19, 2017

Residential Solar Electricity

The SRP Residential Solar Electric Program is designed to help you interconnect your solar electric system safely to SRP s electric grid. To help safeguard you, any solar panels added at your home needs to be reviewed and approved before you use or connect to the SRP grid. While you may find off-the-shelf solar units available at home improvement stores or online…

Residential PV
January 29, 2016

Residential PV

In order to support my baseball card habit as an adolescent in Brooklyn, I resorted to working as a door-to-door New York Times subscription salesperson. Man, I hated that job. Speaking of door-to-door sales, SolarCity had a company-wide meeting today, according to a source, and announced that door-knocking salespeople at SolarCity/Tesla are now a thing of the…

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