DIY Solar Power System
One of our readers recently wrote in asking for hints on finding solar water heater manufacturers in California, mainly to avoid the high cost of shipping from overseas. Luckily, finding solar companies in California keeps getting easier, manufacturers included.
There are innumerable sources of information across the Internet, all with their own twist and turn, and it can be difficult to find a concise list from any single source. But they do exist. The best list I found was from the Utility Consumer’s Action Network (UCAN) . Their list does not separate water heater manufacturers by state, but instead by SRCC certification — a must for reaping federal solar tax credits . So some browsing will have to be done, although it takes little time to find quite a few solar manufacturers in California. Here are a select few:
Sensible Technologies, Inc.
4723 Tidewater Avenue
Oakland, CA 94601
(510) 434-3130
Radco Products, Inc.
2877 Industrial Parkway
Santa Maria, CA 93455
(800) 927-2326
ACR Solar International
5840 Gibbons Drive Suite G
Carmichael, CA 95608
(888) 801-9060
SunEarth Inc.
8425 Almeria Avenue
Fontana, CA 92335
(909) 434-3100
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May
Deserts are sunny places and there are a lot of them around the world. While solar power has proven its usefulness in some unlikely places (Germany), the deserted places of the world are easy targets for expansive solar projects . Increasingly the global solar industry is eating up these opportunities. Here are a few more examples:
- Nevada . The United States itself is blessed with amazing natural diversity, deserts included. Spanish solar firm, Solar Millennium, awaits approval for a 240 megawatt solar thermal plant in Nevada’s Nye County.
- North Africa . The Mediterranean Solar Plan is an initiative to populate sunny Northern African nations with renewable energy hubs, in part for energy security, in part to supply energy to hungry Europe across the sea.
- India . Pasadena-based eSolar has signed a deal with India’s ACME Group to provide its solar technology for the construction of up to 1 Gigawatt’s worth of solar thermal power plants across India. It is the single biggest venture by a U.S. solar company overseas.
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March
The first checks issued by way of the city of Berkeley’s landmark solar lending program have officially been received, marking the first of several final steps for city homeowners . Jeanne Pimentel and Aaron Mann are the first solar homeowners to receive funding under the much-hyped loan program.
Cities throughout California and around the world are keeping a close eye on Berkeley which is offering homeowners loans for solar power systems, with monthly payments embedded as part of their property taxes. In return the homeowners get cash to pay installers for their systems , in effect nullifying the nagging problem of paying high up-front costs for solar energy.
Both homeowners expect immediate savings from their solar system. For the average $22,000 solar PV system, Mann and Pimentel would pay roughly $180 per month in property tax increases. But lucrative utility rebates and government incentives bring that amount down immediately. Pimentel received a $3,000 rebate from PG&E and a $6,600 tax credit for a $20,000 solar system. Aaron Mann will receive $6,000 from PG&E and more than $13,000 in tax incentives, more than paying for his typical $350-per-month electric bill.
These two homes represent the first two of 40 Berkeley homes that will finalize their city-funded solar systems over the next few months. Immediate results will most certainly vary by home, but initially things are looking up for Berkeley’s program which sold out in just nine minutes when the application process opened last fall. The next round of funding begins later this year.
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