Category: Solar Power & Energy
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Sunworks launches app to drive solar customer referrals
Solar installs keep rising, but residential PV could use a tipping point that nudges it from niche in-vestment to common household expense. Can an app do that? Some companies are trying to do just that, with Sunworks’ PowerPay Mobile App being the latest example. ‘PowerPay’ is an affiliate referral programRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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FAFCO crowdfunding its new solar electric, solar thermal combo system
FAFCO has been around since 1969 in the solar thermal manufacturing space and is taking its latest brainchild to crowdfunding. The concept they are looking to crowdfund is CoolPV — an enhanced solar electric panel that generates electricity and heats water using the same panel on the same valuable solar roof space. BecauseRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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PUC of Ohio seeks public comment after utilities seek higher fixed charges
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) is kicking off a series of four public hearings around the state over the next two weeks to get public input on AEP Ohio’s proposal to more than double the ‘fixed charges’ residents must pay on their electric bills each month. Fixed chargesRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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HCS Renewable Energy joins the South Carolina Solar Business Alliance
Austin, Texas-based HCS Renewable Energy is the newest member to join the South Carolina Solar Business Alliance serving as primary staffing subcontractor on utility-scale solar projects nationwide. The South Carolina Solar Business Alliance (SBA) is the voice of solar for South Carolina. Their mission is to create a positive businessRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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New tool launches in Illinois to open community solar market
West Monroe Partners, a full-service North American business and technology consultancy, and Elevate Energy, a non-profit organization focused on delivering smarter energy use for all, launched what they are calling the Community Solar Business Case Tool, a flexible financial model that projects the costs and benefits to the system developerRead More — Solar Builder magazine