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California Pilots Project to Place Solar Panel Canopies Over Canals
A plan is underway to place solar panels over canals in California to generate gigawatts of solar power at an alarming rate. This is a first but could turn out to be a real solution to use renewable energy and power millions of households. Project Nexus is spending 20...
What’s Up With All The ”Free Solar Panel” Ads?
Learning how to effectively produce solar energy is part of the answer to saving our natural resources and protecting the environment long term. Few disagree that solar energy is a good idea, but they may not realize how it all works. Some people are intrigued by all...
Measures Taken to Protect the Grid in Los Angeles
The need for solar power is now more crucial than ever. A recent Los Angeles Times article noted that power demand has increased to levels that require a Flex Alert to manage the system. A heat wave caused several generators to shut down and the alert asks consumers...
Is Your Home Suitable for Solar Panels?
With the popularity of residential solar on the rise, you may have thought about adding a solar installation to your own home. If so, you’re not alone. Almost half of American homeowners have seriously considered switching to this source of renewable energy. While...
How Residential Solar Panels Generate Electricity
The Earth receives 10,000 times more power from the sun than the planet’s population even uses. You may know that residential solar panels utilize this power (although just a fraction) and convert it into clean energy to power your home. But do you know exactly how it...
Are New England Utility Price Increases About to Affect You?
New Hampshire residents are in for quite the surprise this summer. Eversource customers in the state have been warned that the average homeowner could see a $70 increase in their monthly utility bill very soon. According to Eversource, customers from the region who...
Why Are People In New England Switching To Solar?
While electricity rates are already high and increasing annually, New England is going to get hit especially hard by price hikes this summer. The Energy Information Administration predicts a 15% increase in rates compared to 4% nationally, and utilities like...
Renewable Energy is Here to Stay and Solar is the Best Way to Achieve it
The term “Renewable Energy” has gone from a buzz word idea, to a very realistic assertion and measurable goal of society at large. Renewable energy helps everyone, even those that haven’t taken measures to adopt it quite yet. The bottom line is that renewable energy...
Highlighting our Solar Partners – Meet Generac!
As a Generac Certified Installer, we wanted to give everyone some insight into what this means and why we chose to offer these solutions to our customers. Generac has been a leading name in generators and power resourcing for many decades. If you’ve ever shopped for a...
Highlighting our Solar Partners – Meet Sonnen!
In our never-ending quest to educate and inform our communities about the countless benefits of going solar, we want to take this opportunity to highlight one of our valued solar partners - Sonnen USA. A Summit Energy Group solar panel installation featuring a Sonnen...
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