Sacramento solar companies offering solar electric and thermal hot water is making solar easier to acquire and have installed on your home. Increasing household monthly cash flow by offsetting rising energy costs can be your hedge against your shrinking budget. The process is fast, free to get started, and because it is based on the leading solar technology, fool-proof. All you need to do is contact one of Blue Pacific Sacramento solar companies consultants for a free home energy analysis. Go to the right hand column of this page, click on “learn more” and turn your Sacramento home into a sunshine factory making money for you every month. [continue reading…]

Traveling the Haitian countryside before the January earthquake no one would have had to tell me that only 12.5% of the population was connected to public power. Portable solar and solar thermal was about the only way you were going to get electricity and hot water for a shower.

The earthquake leveled the country and created even more hardships for the lovely people of Haiti. Portable solar and solar generators are playing an important role int he countries recovery. With diesel difficult and expensive to come by, solar is coming to the rescue. [continue reading…]

The Pentagon has inked a deal with a California solar company to test new concentrated solar at several U.S. locations. It is always fascinating when the Department of Defense takes an aggressive position in support of solar technology. It is this kind of government renewable energy technology development that will make solar as much of our everyday lives as they did with the internet 20 years ago. When you start to understand that solar, wind and energy independence is a matter of national security, it is the right thing to do. [continue reading…]

Sacramento California – In Northern California, solar installers have flourished despite obstacles put up by the economy, Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac (See Story PACE solar financing). Tech savvy solar installers are helping homeowners walk through the often confusing minefield of solar financing and permitting using software geared to helping families understand the solar process. [continue reading…]

Parking lots with lighting powered by solar are sprouting up all across California. In Fresno, the city council has elected to put solar panels on the roof the carports structures turning much of the convention center into a solar farm. In 2010 dozens of school parking lots across the state are getting topped with solar panels.

Solar investment partnerships with banks and other venture capitalists, California school districts get guaranteed cheap reliable electricity for their buildings saving thousand of dollars. The financial companies that finance the solar systems sell the electricity back to the schools receiving the tax benefits and other state incentives. [continue reading…]

In October, we arrived at Jim and Patty Carlson’s house near Sacramento to give them the lowdown on home solar installation technology and costs. We crunched all the numbers, including anticipated costs and payback periods, as well as what could be expected through the installation and interconnection with PG&E. Our proposal alternatives varied based on the different panel types and size of system, but were generally in line with the homeowners solar installation specifications. [continue reading…]

Sacramento – A new report commissioned by the California Solar Energy Industries Association says investing in residential solar will pay back faster than other forms of home improvement investments such as window replacement. With rising energy costs a home can benefit faster by installing solar. [continue reading…]

Off-grid or stand alone solar kits are giving people worldwide the electricity to light-the-darkness. These off-grid or stand alone systems are not connected to the grid. They can range in size from small portable solar panels to charge a laptop or iPad, one or two solar panel kits designed to power a few LED lights, maybe a pump and DC refrigerator, to systems large enough to power an entire house. Remote places in American as well as American suburban homes are discovering the comfort of off-grid solar, solar emergency backup power and the freedom from worry. [continue reading…]

Utilities are usually the poster child for hate relationships when it comes to solar energy. However, having said that, I think these frenemies are warming up to the changes slowing coming over popular society and are jumping on the solar bandwagon, cleaner air and a sustainable future. (It did not go unnoticed that California utilities opted out of the Prop 23 fight.)

Case in point. Southern California Edison has announced plans to sell its share in of the country’s largest coal-fired power plants in New Mexico. Coal fired power plant emissions from the New Mexico plants have affected some of the areas National Park monuments as reported by environmental officials. Southern California Edison has signed contracts to receive a larger part of their electricity from solar and wind farms. [continue reading…]