Tag Archives: hot water
Promise Energy: Solar Hot Water Rockstar
Promise Energy is a newcomer to southern California’s solar hot water market, but the company has wasted no time building a strong business. Promise, which is just a year old, has focused on solar hot water installations for multi-family affordable housing complexes in Los Angeles and San Diego, said spokesman Andy Mannle. “Solar hot water [...]
SolarBridge Brings Training to Arizona
SolarBridge Technologies (SolarBridge), a leading provider of integrated microinverters for TrueACTM solar modules, is bringing its nationwide ACPV Revolution Roadshow and Training to Phoenix on Tuesday, Feb. 19. The free training, presented by Ontility Solar Training and co-sponsored by Eoplly Solar, is being held to educate Arizona’s rapidly growing solar workforce. With a goal of getting 15 percent of [...]
China’s Solar Water Heating Numbers in Perspective
Two days ago the Information Office of the State Council for the People’s Republic of China published the 2012 edition of their country’s energy policy. Two things struck me as I read the report. The first was where is our energy policy. Do we even have one or is it just left to be summed up [...]
Global PV Monitoring Market: Ready to Launch
The highly competitive global PV monitoring market, which includes inverter suppliers, independent monitoring vendors, and project developers that integrate hardware and software to manage a PV system’s operations data, is forecasted to be a 23-gigawatt global market in 2012, according to GTM Research’s latest Global PV Monitoring 2012 report. While European independent monitoring vendors currently [...]
How Silver Prices are Affecting the Future of Solar
The skyrocketing cost of silver will force innovation in the solar industry, according to a report from Lux Research. Solar module prices have been dropping dramatically over the last two years, despite a six-fold price jump in silver since 2002. Silver is the primary choice for metal electrodes to collect the electricity generated by sunlight in [...]
Variable Speed vs Variable Flow Pool Pumps
With new building codes in effect in Florida, I’ve been asked quite a lot about variable speed vs. variable flow pumps, especially with solar pool heating systems. The answer turns out to be a bit complex. The simple answer is that a variable speed pump will give you better trouble-free performance while still resulting in [...]
Will The U.S. Military Go for Solar Thermal?
Got solar hot water? One of the ways that solar thermal can grow exponentially in the U.S. is through its widespread installation and use by the U.S. military. According to the solar thermal advocacy organization, Eneref Institute, the Department of Defense ’s (DoD’s) domestic hot water usage is approximately 50 to 100 million gallons per [...]
India’s Solar Heating Industry Worth $200M
Solar Water Heaters in India are growing at an annual growth rate of more than 15% driven by the following factors a) Growing urbanization and buildings of new homes b) Economic viability compared to electric heaters as electricity tariffs keep going up c) Government support for this Green Friendly product. Note the market for water heaters [...]
In Focus: Arizona’s Solar Hot Water Subsidies
Free Hot Water often highlights California’s generous subsidies for solar hot water installations, but it’s not the only state committed to solar water heating. Arizona’s utilities all offer different—but valuable—solar hot water incentives for both residential and commercial installations. Of course, these are in addition to the Federal government’s 30% Investment Tax Credit. APS – [...]