Tips For Selecting a Solar Installer
In our last post about selecting an installer we talked about comparing solar quotes . Most importantly, getting all quotes in price per AC watt so that you can make an apples to apples comparison....
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Working in the solar industry means that I spend a lot of time talking about solar, which is great. One thing that I hear frequently from people is, “I looked into getting solar a few years ago and it...
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Two Approaches to Going Solar
While there are any number of approaches or mindsets for going solar, here are the two approaches to going solar that we hear about most often. First, are those who know they want to go solar but who...
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Solar Quotes in AC or DC Watts?
When you receive a solar quote from an installer it will be broken down to a dollar per watt ($/watt) price. The question is, is the quoted price in Direct Current (DC) or Alternating Current (AC)...
View ArticleStandardizing Solar Quotes
This year at the Intersolar conference, we had the pleasure of having lunch with Guy Snow, a seasoned installer from Las Vegas. As an installer, he works directly with homeowners and, therefore, has a...
View ArticleIs Solar Energy Right For Me?
“How do I know if solar electricity is right for me?” It’s easier than you think to make that determination. Here’s a simple checklist to see if you’re a good candidate for solar energy. In a future...
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Rooftop solar assessment tool out of MIT
An MIT team recently created a rooftop solar assessment tool and has licensed it to a startup at Mapdwell.com. The tool uses 3D mapping technology to determine the viability of every rooftop in a few...
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Top 25 residential solar installers in Massachusetts
From 2010 to April 2014, the Massachusetts Solar Carve-Out program has catalyzed a solar installation industry in the Bay State. In that time, over 10,000 residential solar installations were completed...
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SolarCity gets into the solar loan business
As we’ve written about in the past, improved loan options will eventually win out over the solar leases that have become popular in the past few years. SolarCity recently announced that they are...
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Study: California solar subsidies are passed through to consumers
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) recently released a report that looked into whether or not consumers were fully benefiting from the subsidies available to them in the California market. In...
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