solar energy systems

New York Solar Incentives

April 16th, 2011

In 1997, the State of New York enacted a New York Solar Tax Credit for individuals to retrofit residential property and multi-family property with solar systems.

New York homeowners are eligible for a personal tax credit of up to 25%   … Read more

Kyocera Solar to begin production of solar modules in San Diego

January 18th, 2011
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With goals of competing in the United States solar market, Kyocera Solar announced that they will open up solar module manufacturing in their San Diego facility.  

This move will bring them much closer to a Kyocera Solar milestone of generating   … Read more

Solar Monkey Wins Project Valued in Excess of $20 Million to Provide 3 Megawatts of Solar Power to Robison Family Trust

January 13th, 2011


Irvine, CA (PRWEB) June 17, 2008

Solar Monkey™, a national provider, today announced that it will be retrofitting 650,000 sq ft of the Robison Family Trust portfolio to accommodate rooftop solar electricity generation. Preliminary engineering   … Read more

Ups and Downs in Maryland Solar Industry

January 7th, 2011
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A great stepping stone for the Maryland solar industry would be to add to state buildings. Well, on March 24th, 2010, just that happened. The Maryland Department of General Services announced that they would be installing photovoltaic   … Read more

Benefits Of Green Solar Energy

March 9th, 2010

To truly understand the benefits of green solar energy, you must first understand how solar energy is harnessed. There are two types of green solar energy-thermal and light. Thermal energy is considered passive solar. This type of green solar   … Read more

Residential Solar Power: Module Solar Panel Designs

February 18th, 2010


Made of Component Parts

The module structure is designed to protect the solar cells from the environment. It consists of a number of layers to protect the circuit of solar PV cells and to make the   … Read more

Measuring Solar Power: What the Sun Has to Offer. (part 5)

February 1st, 2010


This article explains the fundamental terms related to sunlight and residential . You will learn about units of measure, forms of solar radiation, spectral distribution, energy distribution, and solar position.

Germany and Japan are often cloudy   … Read more

The Right Time For Using Solar Energy For Houses

January 2nd, 2010

is becoming more and more popular every day. The price of electricity is rising and the best alternative that we have today is using solar energy. We all know that global warming is on an everyday   … Read more

Building A Solar Panel

November 12th, 2009

Solar power is one of the best and most reliable available.  The problem most novice environmental warriors find is that the price of professionally installed solar power systems is way beyond their budget and it could take   … Read more

Costs of Solar Energy

November 4th, 2009

Affordable Solar Energy

The cost of obtaining solar energy is decreasing. The cost of and the cost of is more reachable than ever before. Essentially, the cost of solar energy panels is less in   … Read more