The world’s largest manufacturer of solar inverters, SMA, is building a factory in Denver. Read the full story here. The is great news for our ailing manufacturing base and a great sign that the international community sees the US as a burgeoning market. This is great news. SMA makes the very popular Sunny Boy, Sunny [...]
We are proud to announce we just added a ton of solar garden lights to our catalog! We now have tons of copper lights, hanging lights, post lights, stainless steel, and even some that look like tiki torches! Cool solar lights are here. The best part of all: FREE SHIPPING! That’s right all our solar [...]
If you don’t know what the Solar Decathlon is, its an event sponsored by the Department of Energy. The DOE and companies sponsor 20 teams from the US, Canada and one each from Germany and Spain. The teams build a home on their campus and then transport the entire project to the National Mall in [...]
There is so much talk about clean energy, with all the focus on wind and solar, that sometimes we forget what is really the most important aspect of our energy future: conservation and improving energy efficiency. It’s something I deal with everyday as I talk to homeowners and business people that want to get in [...]
Nice article in the Denver Post today about the solar manufacturing industry in Colorado. It outlines the challenges that these businesses face not just in my home state, but across the country. I’m not a big fan of the Post, especially their business coverage, but this is a pretty decent article. I firmly believe we [...]
We get a lot of calls from people who are looking to go green and are curious about solar power and living off grid. I thought I’d take some time to describe our system and how it works. Let’s start with the some background on the area. Our pride and joy. <sniff> No Grid to [...]
If you’re a reader of our blog, you are no doubt looking for more ways to live green. You’ve probably considered installing a Solar Power Kit on your home so you can start producing renewable energy. One of the most commonly asked questions about solar is ‘When it will pay for itself?’. If you were [...]
How cool are these? Now you can take your existing golf cart and turn it into a green machine. With one of the 187W models, you pretty much will never have to plug it in again, as long as you keep it exposed to sunshine. A standard golf cart with the panel kit installed on [...]