Solar Universe Network, based in California, has partnered with Sunrun to make solar more affordable and accessible for more homeowners. “This really changes the landscape and creates a new leader in the solar energy category,” said Joe Bono, CEO of Solar Universe. “Nobody can compete with our local reach, and … [continued]
If you want to increase the financial efficiency of your home and lower your carbon footprint simultaneously, introducing solar technology can help you achieve this. Finding the best solar solution for your home can seem a little daunting, but I think these tips below will help you to pick the best … [continued]
This post may be a bit basic for our long-time readers and solar experts, but I think it makes a good intro post for anyone thinking about going solar, and someone passed it on to me just as I was thinking about putting together a little “Going Solar” series, … [continued]
For anyone who wants to dig into the options a solar contractor looks at when he or she decides what to install on your property, or what a potential solar system should provide for you, the Solar Energy Estimate (SEE) Report offers a pretty detailed look. From the SEE Report … [continued]
I recently ran across this great video on our friend and occasional writer Tom Schueneman’s site Global Warming Is Real. The book discussed in the video looks quite good to me, so I thought I’d share it here. Let me know if you’ve read it and want to throw … [continued]
I was scanning through my shares on Facebook lately and thinking about what a ‘normal’ (non-cleantech-obsessed) person might get out of them just from scanning the titles (not opening them) — I like to do this from time to time, since I know a lot more people will simply see … [continued]
Last time I wrote on the popularity of going solar through a service (i.e. solar leasing or going solar through a PPA), someone from Sunrun (a leading solar service company) got in touch with me and we had a nice back-and-forth about more of the details of going solar through … [continued]
My wife were desperate to get out of the city. It was 2007, we were having an extremely stressful year with work. I owned a small construction company that was just about to give me a heart attack. She had a job she hated so much she would cry on the way to work sometimes. On top of all that, we lived in a duplex with noisy neighbors. And don’t even get me started on the constant, traffic, sirens, and aircraft noise of living in the city.
That’s when we decided: LETS GET OUT OF HERE – FOR GOOD! So we started looking for homes in the mountains. And, as luck would have it, we found our dream home after just one day of looking. Incredible views, astoundingly quiet, on a beautiful lake and surrounded by Aspen-draped mountains, we thought we had died and gone to heaven. There was just one thing: there was no grid power in this part of the world.
