The sales process in the solar residential sector can be tough. Sales reps have to deal with high customer acquisition costs, difficulties with team workflow, and shortage of time when it comes to professional preparation of documents at the initial stage. The EasySolar* app can substantially improve this process. Common … [continued]
Solar soft costs are the largest slice of system installations – can these industry installation innovations keep driving down the cost of new projects?
Originally published on RMI. By James Sherwood, Mathias Bell, Virginia Lacy The next time you’re on an airplane, take a look out the window at the city as your plane descends to its destination. How many solar PV arrays do you see atop (and around) that endless sea of rooftops? … [continued]
Solar energy is not new to humans. People began considering (the obvious) in the 7th century BC, when humans understood they could concentrate the sun’s heat with glass and mirrors to light fires. Solar energy makes complete sense. Using solar for our houses and business is certainly efficient, economical, and … [continued]
Curious what goes into a solar installation, what it looks like, how simple it is? Check out this 1-minute time-lapse video of a solar installation by home solar installation company WattElse in Australia: As you may or may not know, CleanTechnica is a part of the Important Media network. Our founder, … [continued]
This post first appeared on San Diego Loves Green by Roy L Hales Anyone who thinks that share price tells all should listen to theStockradio.com’s interview with Envision Solar’s CEO, Desmond Wheatley. (Click here to access it.) During the past two year the company’s share price has dropped from 55 to … [continued]
A new solar energy bill in the US state of Georgia has been submitted, “Rural Georgia Economic Recovery and Solar Resource Act of 2014.” This bill would create a new model for generation and distribution of electricity, allowing the Public Service Commission to authorize and establish a rural community solar initiative and oversee and manage the expansion … [continued]
Power optimization company SolarEdge Technologies, in conjunction with PV mounting and grounding specialist Zep Solar, has announced a joint-designed power optimizer that can be seamlessly integrated with the frame of any Zep Compatible solar module and can be installed without the need to run grounding wire. ”We have joined … [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]
As part of the US Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative, the DOE is offering $10 million prize to companies that can install 5,000 new rooftop solar panel systems for an average price of $2/watt or less. The first place prize is $7 million, second place is $2 million, and third place is … [continued]
