Ever wonder how early investors turned a hippy solar energy industry into a $100+ billion worldwide industry? On this week's episode we...

There are there are three market segment for solar in the U.S.: residential, utility and commercial. Based on some rough math, in 2018 we...

Success in the solar industry requires leaders with a diverse skill set. Leaders must really understand the technology’s evolution, be...

Businesses regularly use leases to finance their buildings, vehicles and equipment. And anyone who has rented an apartment or leased a...

PACE financing, or Property Assessed Clean Energy, started out about 10 years ago as a financing mechanism for residential solar....

It’s that time of the year…tax time, that is. Every year we get questions from customers about filling out their solar investment tax...

The solar industry is one of our most obvious success stories. Our industry directly employs 261,000 people. We generate energy that is...

Lower costs trends in the solar industry are creating a boom. At the end of 2015 there were over 200,000 people employed in the industry,...

When I first got into solar, Florida seemed to be a natural market. After all, it’s the sunshine state. In spite of the sun, there is one...

The economics for rooftop solar are terrific — typical paybacks in the 4-10 year range. From a Return on Investment (ROI) standpoint,...

Commercial solar has lagged behind utility scale and residential solar for two reasons. The first is that paybacks for commercial solar...

Ahhh….it’s almost springtime. The weather is getting warmer, the trees are starting to bud, and people are starting to think about their...

A rooftop solar system is an expensive up-front investment. The typical 5 kw system costs about $20,000 – or $14,000 after the 30%...

Solar panels are commodities — not very different than the bottled water you find on a supermarket shelf. Granted some panels are more...

I bet you don’t know that there is a home improvement investment that you can make that will increase the value of your house more than...

If you live in a location with high electric rates and local incentives, it’s very likely that the economics for a rooftop solar system...

Let’s face it, a rooftop solar power system isn’t cheap. But two recent developments have completely changed the economics for buying a...