Ten Tips For The Best Home Solar and Battery System
Unfortunately, there are a few "quick buck" solar companies that take advantage of unsuspecting homeowners. These ten tips will help you...
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- Mar 26
Ask These Questions Before You Install A Home Battery or Solar System
The Learning Curve for understanding home batteries and solar systems is steep. Your battery system education will require mastering at...
- Sep 27, 2023
Which Batteries Are The Best For Your Home?
Batteries were everywhere at September’s RE+ Conference in Vegas. I counted over 100 different battery company and system vendors. It was...
- Aug 22, 2023
Solar and Storage Under New California Electric Rates
HEADLINE: Higher Electric Rates and More Blackouts Unfortunately, this is the new normal for most of the U.S. In other words: SNAFU This...
- Feb 7, 2023
Lessons Learned Installing Battery Storage Systems
Batteries are becoming an essential part of home solar systems. With solar-connected batteries, homeowners can avoid paying peak utility...
- Jun 11, 2022
Talking Solar and Storage on the Rob Black Show
The Energy Show · Talking Solar and Storage on the Rob Black Show Rob Black has been a popular TV, radio, and podcast personality for...
- Jan 24, 2022
Vehicle To Grid - Not So Fast
The Energy Show · Vehicle To Grid (V2G) – Not So Fast There are two segments of the renewable energy industry growing like crazy (in...
- Sep 3, 2021
What Batteries Should I Buy With My Solar System?
The Energy Show · What Batteries Should I Buy With My Solar System? Are you worried about blackouts and public safety power shutoffs...
- Aug 6, 2021
Battery Storage Safety with Matt Paiss
The Energy Show · Battery Storage Safety with Matt Paiss About 15 years ago the solar and fire protection industries worked together to...
- Jul 15, 2020
Design Considerations for Battery Backup Systems
Solar and battery backup systems are the ideal antidote to the triple threat of high evening electric rates (over $0.50/kwh), frequent...
- Jan 31, 2020
Converting a House to Zero Net Energy
Buildings consume 40% of our energy, most of that for heating and cooling. Almost all of this energy is supplied by fossil fuels,...
- Jan 24, 2020
The Myth of Whole House Battery Backup
Will batteries keep your AC cranking and electric vehicle charged up during an extended blackout? Probably not. We like to believe the...
- Dec 3, 2019
New Battery Storage Systems
The 16th annual Solar Power International show was held this October in Salt Lake City. It’s been quite a growth story since the first...
- Sep 17, 2019
Reducing Peak Demand Charges
Unless you have rooftop solar, you’re probably incredibly unhappy about rising electric bills. This misery is even worse for commercial...
- Aug 27, 2019
Solar Investment Tax Credit
30% of the costs of a solar or battery storage system are paid for with the Solar Investment Tax credit. The Solar Investment Tax Credit...
- Aug 18, 2019
Living With Public Safety Power Shutoffs
PG&E, our local utility in Silicon Valley, caused a number of wildfires -- including the recent Camp fire that destroyed the town of...
- Jul 17, 2019
Public Safety Power Shutoff Programs
California utility companies recently announced their Public Safety Power Shutoff programs across the state. Bloomberg News said...
- May 21, 2019
Avoiding Battery Storage Installation Mistakes
Upcoming electric rate changes mean that almost every home and business will eventually benefit from a battery connected to their solar...
- May 3, 2019
New Rules for Energy Storage in CA - with Josh Weiner
In the early days of solar and storage, virtually every system used lead acid batteries to store daytime energy and use this energy at...
- Dec 5, 2018
Flow Batteries with Matt Harper from Avalon
It’s depressing that lithium batteries get almost all of the focus in the energy storage industry. Lithium batteries have a number of...
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