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Virtual Metering: Solar Benefits Without an On-site Solar PV Array

Virtual Metering: Solar Benefits Without an On-site Solar PV Array

Virtual metering — when your solar PV array is located off-site so you can receive clean, low-cost renewable energy generated by solar panels mounted in another location — may be the answer for increased solar energy regardless of location.

4 Surprising Places You’ll Find Solar Power

4 Surprising Places You’ll Find Solar Power

Solar PV installations in major sporting arenas and shopping centers make economic sense. Doesn’t a solar PV installation make sense for your home, too?

Why (and How) the Grid of the Future Will Change

Why (and How) the Grid of the Future Will Change

Tomorrow’s grid may be drastically different from the billing and usage model we now have for electricity. Solar may be the best solution.

Top 5 Reasons People Go Solar

Top 5 Reasons People Go Solar

Did you know that most solar customers are not rich? Most have an annual household income under six figures, and way below that $150,000 mark many consider wealthy. What’s more,…read more +

PV America West Day 1: Historic Year for Solar Kicks Off Invigorating First Day

PV America West Day 1: Historic Year for Solar Kicks Off Invigorating First Day

Day 1 at PV America West, a conference for solar industry professionals, starts off on a hopeful, invigorating, *bright* note…

Research Shows the Latest Soaring Trends in Solar PV and Solar Energy Installations

Find out the latest trends in solar PV and the solar power, heating, and cooling market in the latest quarterly SEIA/GTM Research U.S. Solar Market Insight™.

Solar Developments That Will Make Your Wallet Even Happier

Solar Developments That Will Make Your Wallet Even Happier

As the U.S. government provides generous funding to renewable energy research and development, solar photovoltaic (solar PV) developers work hard on breakthroughs that will make the price of solar power…read more +

Costs on Solar Panels Dropping Below $1 Per Watt

Costs on Solar Panels Dropping Below $1 Per Watt

Detractors of solar energy often cite manufacturing costs as one of the downsides to free and clean solar energy. If we’re honest about it and do the math, we realize…read more +

How a Solar PV Array Can Preserve Your Privacy

How a Solar PV Array Can Preserve Your Privacy

In this, the final of our four-part series on smart meters and solar PV arrays (start here), we’re going to address one of three dangers HelioPower‘s Vice President of Residential Sales, Scott Gordon…read more +

Buy Low, Sell High with Solar and Smart Metering

Buy Low, Sell High with Solar and Smart Metering

There’s a lot of false information out there about smart meters. Some groups claim microwave radiation from smart meters can cause cancer and other diseases, which is inconclusive but probably…read more +

Will a Smart Meter Work with Solar Power?

Will a Smart Meter Work with Solar Power?

If you began reading this blog post with another question in mind, you’re not alone. Rather than wondering if a smart meter will work with a solar PV array, you…read more +

What is a Smart Meter? Who Is It Really Smart For?

What is a Smart Meter? Who Is It Really Smart For?

If you’ve heard a lot about “smart meters” lately, here’s the deal… A smart meter is a digital device that replaces your analog (dial) electric meter. A technician doesn’t need…read more +

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