The trials and tribulations, joys and knowledge learned about investigating and investing in solar power.
Someone pointed out an alternative energy blog at http://alt-e.blogspot.com I've also been checking for news at sites such as: http://www.solarbuzz.com http://www.seia.org http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com http://www.fuelcelltoday.com http://www.californiasolarcenter.org/solareclips/solareclips.html...
We got our first bill on the E-7 Time-of-Use schedule. Info about this was added to the section on The Second Year (TOU) and the page with the current year's graphs....
I added another section on The Second Year (TOU), which so far tells of our experience changing from the E-8 Seasonal billing schedule to the E-7 Time-of-Use billing schedule....
I added a section on results from The First Year. Including how much power we generated, how much we saved, how much we expected generate and save, and how much more we would have saved if we changed to a...
There's an article today about a guy who installed solar panels on his house in Bethlehem, NY. But I thought it was interesting that New York State currently gets 18% of its electricity from renewable sources. I suppose a lot...
The San Francisco Chronicle had an article today on photovoltaics in the SF Bay Area and how it can be affordable. They mention a group called GRID Alternatives, which the Chron says is like a Habitat for Humanity for photovoltaics...
There have been questions as to whether the energy it takes to build, construct, operate and decommission an energy plant is more then the usable energy it generates. I found some interesting studies on the web on wind turbines "The...
I added a FAQ for people in the US who don't live in California, though it mostly focuses on New Jersey and New York. I also fixed some broken links on the main page....
I added a Daily PV Production Chart to the Data, Charts, Graphs page showing the total PV production each day...
I added a Monthly Savings Chart to the Data, Charts, Graphs page showing how much we've saved on our electric bill each month so far....
Added a new page about our new solar powered attic fan...
I added a new link from the main page to another page that will have various data, charts and graphs, with some discussion. So far, the only chart I have there is the KWHs produced each month by our solar...
Yesterday I updated the solar page. I added "Future Technologies" to the links section of the page. Occasionally someone points me to a URL with reports of something new in the field of solar energy. I'm not really sure how...
Scanner got tired of people asking him if my solar page had been updated, so he suggested I start a weblog that would make note of changes. I've never made a weblog before and I haven't read many, so I...