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Solar power is a renewable source of energy that can meet the electricity needs for homes and businesses across the country. Benefits of Solar Panels Unlike non-renewable sources of energy like oil, gas and coal, solar power is both sustainable and something that we can rely on for generations to come. Installing solar panels on your home could save you potentially hundreds of dollars on your electric bills every month. Follow this link to advantage of local tax credits and rebates
The Potential of Solar + Storage
Category: Solar Power
Elon Musk, the visionary founder of PayPal, Tesla, and SpaceX, made news again this spring when he unveiled a suite of solar batteries for homes, businesses, and utilities. The batteries, manufactured and sold by Tesla, are sleek, lithium-ion batteries that can capture and store up to 10 kWh of energy from renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Designed to be mounted on a wall in the garage or on an outside wall, the “Powerwall”
Breakthroughs in Solar Energy
Category: Solar Power
With the world’s energy crisis becoming increasingly widely-discussed, scientists, investors and innovators are rapidly developing ways to utilize and improve existing methods of generating renewable energy. While wind power is one of the most promising in terms of large scale implementation, solar power is among the easiest and most inexpensive to utilize on the local level. Even private individuals and small companies are relying more heavily on electricity generated by solar power systems. Furthermore, as
The Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA), Colorado’s largest rural energy co-op, recently announced that they will institute a new charge for residential customers using solar panels on their homes. The co-op serves about 145,000 customers spread across parts of Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, and Park counties, which accounts for a large swath of the Denver metropolitan area. The new charge is described as a form of demand charge and has significant implications for solar panel customers within
Reducing monthly bills is one of the most important things on a homeowner’s to-do list. Instead of paying for electricity from a local power company every month, a homeowner can have solar panels installed to provide electricity to their home. These solar panels will absorb energy from the sun and convert it into electricity that can be used to power everything in a home, including the hot water heater. Who wants to continue paying for electricity