Tag Archives: needed
How Big a Roof is Needed for Solar PV, Hot Water or Both?
How do you allocate roof space for both a solar PV system and a solar hot water system? True solar enthusiasts occasionally runinto this type of dilemma. It’s most common to see one or the other on an individual roof, but the space requirements for thesecomplementary technologies add another dimension to choosing between photovoltaics (PV) [...]
Clean Energy Investment and Urgent Action Needed
The Silicon ValleyLeadership Group and Stanford’s Precourt Energy Efficiency Center heldtheir annual Energy Summit this past Friday. If I had to characterizethe overall sentiment of the Summit, I would say the themes that emerged were: clean energy investment and action are urgently needed; political gridlock is an impediment; and Silicon Valley runs the risk of [...]
Four Things Needed to SUPERCHARGE the U.S. Solar PV Industry
Last month, I finished attending an IREC ISPQ accredited Solar Installer Boot Camp run by HeatSpring Learning Institute. If you’re going to take a solar PV training, it’s best you take one that is accredited. Here is the full list of IREC ISPQ Accredited Solar Trainings. There are only 20 accredited organizations in the U.S. [...]
Selling Solar to the World
Itsamazing how many great companies are coming out that aim to makethousands of affordable solar panels for us all to put on our homes,but a key part of the process is being largely overlooked. Solar salespeople are in a rather short supply. And unfortunately they aloneprovide the one-on-one interaction needed to make the process of [...]