One of the most common concerns I get from homeowners when they’re deciding if they want to go solar is whether selling a home with solar panels is easier or more difficult than selling one without them. Unless the homeowners are living in their “forever home” (i.e. they can’t ever see themselves selling it), there…
(Read This First) I would like nothing more than to sit for a solar consultation with every interested person who visits this website. But that would be impossible, even in the age of Zoom. This site gets thousands of visitors a day, many hundreds of whom eventually click their way over to this page. If…
If your Facebook feed looks anything like mine, you’ve probably seen plenty of ads over the years claiming that, if you have a roof that needs replacing, you should call your friendly solar company because they might be able to help you pay for a new one. In fact, it’s becoming increasingly common for homeowners…
One of the most important steps in the process of going solar is the site survey. This is where the solar company will do a thorough inspection of your home to make sure it is suitable for solar. I say thorough inspection but, it has to be said that some are more thorough than others. …
A question I often get when I’m about talking about solar in New England is “do solar panels work in the winter”. It’s not an unreasonable question for anyone who is familiar with a typical New England winter. After all, it would stand to reason that a solar panel that is covered in snow is…
Net metering has been called the unsung hero of solar and it’s a description that has some merit. The system of measuring the flow of electricity into and out of the grid underpins the economics of solar and is often the difference between a solar project being a good investment or a bad one. Net…
Solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) have become an increasingly popular option for homeowners who are looking to go solar but who either can’t or don’t want to pay the upfront costs of purchasing their own system. But what is a solar PPA? In this article, we’ll take the mystery (and fear) out of solar PPAs…
Like most of its New England neighbors, there are plenty of solar companies in Rhode Island serving the needs of an increasingly solar-friendly population. The combination of high electricity rates, attractive solar incentives and a surprisingly sunny climate (202 sunny days a year), make the Ocean State a very attractive state to start a solar…
First it was Tesla, with their 2016 acquisition of Solar City. Then it was the landmark partnership between Ford and Sunrun in 2021, when the latter became the preferred charging solution for the launch of the F-150 Lightning truck. In October of 2022, GM unveiled GM Energy and its partnership with SunPower. Now, Hyundai has…
Approximately 5 million homes get new roofs in the United States every year, with about 1.4 million of those being installed by GAF, the largest roofing company in the world. Meanwhile, only about 300,000 homes add solar panels each year, a pace which leaves even Sunrun, the largest installer of residential solar panels in the country,…