Sharing Our Solar Successes With Those In Need – In Our Community and Beyond
Part of the reason I love working in the solar industry is the generosity of its people. So many companies—many you’ve heard of and many more you haven’t—aren’t just in the industry for the money. They...
View ArticleSolar And Presidential Politics: Writers Nearly Get It Right
Let me be clear up front: There’s a lot to like about the article Forbes posted on its website with the headline “Clinton, Trump And The Future Of The U.S. Solar Industry.” It’s a fair assessment of...
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All (Solar) Eyes Will Be On Florida
This article was originally published in PV Magazine USA. If you haven’t heard, there’s a presidential election happening next week. So naturally, as they do every four years, all eyes in the country...
View ArticleHow The Solar Industry Can Bring Soft-Costs Down
As prices of solar-system components continue downward (panels, racking and inverters, among others), installers still encounter the seemingly impenetrable problem of soft costs. According to the...
View ArticleGentle hills of Stafford, Connecticut welcomes 3.4MW solar farm
The Town of Stafford began as a Connecticut agricultural outpost in 1719. Now where more traditional New England crops were once farmed, a new kind of farm stands: a 3.4-MW, net-metered, municipally...
View ArticleAdvancing One of Maryland’s Most Productive Assets
This blog post also appears on my LinkedIn page. If you live in Maryland and love affordable energy, you’re probably aware that this spring Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed the Clean Energy Jobs Act, calling...
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2016 Was A Really Great Year — So Thank You
The old adage says, “Time flies when you’re having fun.” If that’s true, then we’re having a blast at Standard Solar because when I looked at my calendar today, I realized the end of 2016 is this week....
View ArticleIt’s No Surprise Friendly Solar Policies Attract Business
Last week, a new report by the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) and the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) revealed what many of us in the solar industry knew: States with...
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Solar Steamrolls Through 2016
I thought I knew how well the solar industry was doing. After all, as part of the executive team at Standard Solar, I get to travel across the country and talk to installers and solar customers of all...
View ArticleThe “Nerds” That Drive The Solar Industry
When your lights turn on or your car’s engine fires on all cylinders, it’s easy to forget the amount of effort that goes into designing the product to make sure it functions as it should. What some...
View ArticleStandard Solar’s Been Acquired – And Here’s What It Means To You
By now, you know that Standard Solar, the company I’ve proudly served since 2008, has been acquired by Canadian energy leader Gaz Métro. I’m sure many of you are wondering what this means for Standard...
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It’s the ‘Solar Century’—what are we waiting for?
And here I thought The Solar Foundation’s (TSF) 2016 National Solar Jobs Census, which showed that the solar industry created one out of every 50 jobs in the U.S. economy last year, would be the best...
View ArticleColleges Are Smart To Go Solar
As the colleges and universities of the United States age, so too do their infrastructures, including their often antiquated electrical systems. Presidents of these schools know they need to perform...
View Article3 Technologies To Maximize Your Energy Density
As module prices continue to fall to historically low levels, other solar-installation costs have overtaken panels as the primary cost drivers of project expenses. Fixed-cost items like permitting,...
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Our Fearless Climate Allies – Syria and Nicaragua?
By now, you’ve heard that President Donald J. Trump has pulled out of the Paris Accords, the landmark climate agreement signed in 2015 in which 197 countries agreed to cut their greenhouse gas...
View ArticleMidwest Expo Reflects Optimism About Solar’s Future
If I could sum up my experience at the Midwest Solar Expo (@MWSolarExpo) in one word, that word would be “optimism.” And talking about optimism in the context of Midwest solar reflects a shift from...
View ArticleHow In-House Money Helps Solar Deals Get Done
Putting together commercial solar projects can often be daunting, and one of the most daunting tasks is finding financing. After all, the commercial segment has long lagged behind residential and...
View ArticleNew State Battles Try To Kill Pro-Solar Law On PURPAse
They just keep coming, don’t they? No matter how many obstacles legislators and other solar opponents put in our way, we’ve managed to overcome them all to date. We won the renewal of solar investment...
View ArticleWe Aim To Inspire
Our community has given so much to all of us at Standard Solar, so one of our greatest joys is returning the favor in any way we can. So when Carroll Community College invited Jay Smith, one of our...
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