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Solar panel life – Is 25 Years Too Conservative?
A recent article by Martin Holladay on Green Building Advisor highlighted an interesting question. How long will solar panels continue to produce electricity once installed? Holladay recently took a...
View ArticleSolar Panel Recycling: Let’s Close The Loop
At this year’s West Coast Green conference in San Francisco, Bill McDonough gave a rousing call–to-action keynote speech in which he proclaimed that we do not have an energy problem, but what we do...
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Solar Decathlon Features Affordable, Innovative Home Design
The 2011 Solar Decathlon hosted by the Department of Energy ended last weekend in Washington, DC. The event featured 19 solar-powered homes designed and built by students and faculty from universities...
View ArticleEfficient Inverters to Hit US Market in 2012
As we’ve discussed in the past on this blog, there are a number of ways in which the US solar market is changing- declining panel prices, volatile state SREC markets, and innovative incentive programs...
View ArticleIs Energy Storage the Silver Bullet for Distributed Solar Generation?
A major selling point for residential solar generation is the advantages it brings of distributed generation. More precise load delivery, fewer losses in transmission and fewer costs in grid...
View ArticleWhy Distributed Solar Matters to Homeowners
A buzzword often used in promotions for small-scale solar PV development is the term “distributed generation”. It’s a broadly defined term, partially because it’s still more of an idea than a tested...
View ArticleKnowledge is Power: Micro Inverters!
What factors do you consider when you’re comparing quotes to install a system? Probably a number of things- electricity savings, system size, total cost, to name a few. But what about inverters? Or...
View ArticleWhich Installers Will Benefit Most from Specialized Products?
Solar leases and leasing companies have for the most part deepened the wedge amongst PV installation companies, and prospective residential PV adopters should keep an eye on the developments. For a...
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The Complexities and Payoffs of Using Rooftop Solar Panels to Power Your...
Solar cells stand to place an increasingly prominent role in augmenting the practicality of electric cars. In theory, the idea of using solar panels to charge electric cars seems a perfect...
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Hurricane Sandy underscores importance of renewable energy
Since Hurricane Sandy hit the eastern seaboard, there has been an elevated level of discourse regarding climate change, a topic that had been mostly ignored during the Presidential election. After the...
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Cleaning your solar panels
It may be that time for a little solar panel cleaning! Here are some tips: Also, check out our Google+ page with the rest of our Youtube videos! The post Cleaning your solar panels appeared first on...
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Storage and grid solutions are on the horizon
With the residential solar market expanding and distributed technologies maturing, billions of dollars will be poured into distributed energy solutions at home. According to a recent Navigant Research...
View ArticleVideo: How Solar Panels Work
We recently updated our videos page, a place where we’ll aggregate some of our favorite informative videos. Here’s the first one: How Solar Panels Work: The post Video: How Solar Panels Work appeared...
View ArticleVideo: Different types of solar panels
We recently updated our videos page, a place where we’ll aggregate some of our favorite informative videos. Here’s another one: Different types of solar panels: The post Video: Different types of solar...
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Most Popular Solar Energy Myths
Renewable energy is something that the world is striving for since our non-renewable energy resources are diminishing quickly. One of the best green energy options is solar energy, however, despite...
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