Solar vs. Wind Energy: Which Alternative Energy Source is Right for Your Home?

Incredible strides in renewable energy technologies are making alternative power sources more obtainable than ever for American homeowners. Solar panels are now sleek and design-conscious. Incredibly efficient, greener batteries are making it possible to store the overbalance of solar and wind energy into homes. Technology upgrades, storage improvements and equipment capabilities all contribute to more efficient power output and

By |2021-08-09T01:54:55+00:00April 9th, 2020|Residential, Solar News|Comments Off on Solar vs. Wind Energy: Which Alternative Energy Source is Right for Your Home?

Is Your House a Good Candidate for Solar?

If you’ve been considering adding a solar system to your home, do you even know if it’s a real option for you? At Sunergy Systems we will help you evaluate your home to be sure that going solar will be the right decision for you. We’ll ask you a number of questions to get to

By |2021-08-09T06:00:42+00:00April 1st, 2020|Residential, Solar News|Comments Off on Is Your House a Good Candidate for Solar?

Does Solar Panel Size Matter?

We put this important question – and a few related ones – to Isaac Opalinsky, SunPower's senior manager of training. Here's what he had to say about solar panel size, efficiency and installation. Are the various solar panel sizes important for customers to consider? Size is a factor to consider in solar panels, but ultimately

By |2021-08-09T06:00:43+00:00January 28th, 2020|Residential, Solar News|Comments Off on Does Solar Panel Size Matter?

Home Solar Installation in Seven Steps

At SunPower by PGT Solar, we pride ourselves on making solar simple. Part of that is a streamlined installation process that gets you from contract to savings in just seven steps. What does it involve? Check out the infographic below for a quick walkthrough!  This post originally appeared on the SunPower Resource Blog

By |2021-08-09T07:41:47+00:00January 12th, 2020|Residential, Solar News|Comments Off on Home Solar Installation in Seven Steps

A Look Back at Solar Milestones of the 2010s

The 2010s have come to a close, and what a decade it was for solar energy in the United States. Over the last ten years, our industry grew from niche technology struggling to hit its stride, to a dominant source of new energy that fuels our economy with 242,000 jobs and reliably powers millions of

By |2021-08-09T06:00:43+00:00January 6th, 2020|Residential, Solar News|Comments Off on A Look Back at Solar Milestones of the 2010s

Solar at a Megawatt a Minute

Announcing SunPower Instant Design for Commercial Buildings When we introduced Instant Design at Google Next ’19 in San Francisco, we wanted to change how homeowners go solar. Visitors to sunpower.com now use SunPower Design Studio, the first application featuring SunPower’s patent-pending Instant Design technology, to create thousands of home solar designs per week. They’re twice

By |2021-08-09T06:00:44+00:00November 10th, 2019|Residential, Solar News|Comments Off on Solar at a Megawatt a Minute

IBC vs. PERC: What’s the Best Type of Solar Panel

Solar manufacturers are always looking for new ways to make solar cells more efficient, so there are different types of solar panel technologies for customers to choose from, offering varying levels of efficiency and reliability. Cells known as “Passivated Emitter and Rear Contact" are becoming more common. PERC solar cells are an iteration of conventional

By |2021-08-09T06:00:44+00:00October 14th, 2019|Residential, Solar News|Comments Off on IBC vs. PERC: What’s the Best Type of Solar Panel

A Quick Guide to Solar Storage Batteries

  This week we're announcing that in select U.S. markets the SunPower® Equinox™ home solar energy system can now be paired with industry leading solar battery storage providers such as Sonnen or Tesla. Read this accompanying blog post to learn more about how home storage batteries work and check out this easy-to-understand infographic. Visit SunPower's solar storage webpage to use our solar calculator to design

By |2021-08-09T07:44:26+00:00September 9th, 2019|Residential, Solar News|Comments Off on A Quick Guide to Solar Storage Batteries

Estimate How Much Can You Save With Solar

We get asked, “How much do solar panels save?” every day. While yes, you will either greatly reduce or eliminate your electric bill, determining your total solar savings is influenced by several other factors, including how you finance your solar system whether you take advantage of tax incentives such as the 30 percent federal investment

By |2021-08-09T06:00:21+00:00August 12th, 2019|Residential, Solar News|Comments Off on Estimate How Much Can You Save With Solar

When Renewable and Conventional Energy Innovate Together

When Total and SunPower united in 2011 to reshape the solar industry, little did we know that global solar capacity would increase three-fold in less than four years (70 GW to 233 GW). In the United States, the price of solar dropped 70 percent between 2009 and 2015. And during the same time period, world

By |2021-08-09T06:00:22+00:00May 2nd, 2019|Residential, Solar News|Comments Off on When Renewable and Conventional Energy Innovate Together
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