One of the biggest controversies in the webosphere regarding renewable energy is the proliferation of ‘build your own solar panels’ systems and kits. We get asked all the time if we offer them, what we think of them, and if they are a scam. So we’ll answer some questions that come up. Here’s full disclosure: [...]
For those of you that watch our blog, you know that climate change and renewable energy really go hand in hand. We here at Solar Sphere are serious about addressing climate change, and we believe that regardless of whether or not climate change is caused by humans or not, we have to change the way [...]
One of the, shall we say, ‘exciting’ things about living with off grid solar power is that you never quite know when problems will crop up. Last night I noticed our propane generator was turning off and on about every minute then timing out with an error. This was a little disconcerting since we were [...]
You’ve probably considered installing a solar power system 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 to just go out and buy a system, install it, and then count the energy savings, most systems [...]