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Tag: Residential Solar

  • Details on a record-breaking solar install program in Wisconsin

    Fifty-two home and business owners in the Milwaukee area have helped the Milwaukee Shines and Solar Shorewood solar group buy programs reach 174 kW of installed solar, the largest total for a solar group buy program in Wisconsin to date. The programs, which were a partnership between the City of Milwaukee’sRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Stellar Solar joins SunPower Master Dealer network

    Stellar Solar has been selected to join the SunPower Master Dealer network, a strategic partnership program designed to deliver global solar expertise to local communities through independent solar installers. SunPower carefully selects its master dealers, awarding this distinction only to installers that consistently put customers first, delivering a superior SunPower experienceRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Energy Trust of Oregon approves new shade analysis tools to streamline solar installs

    Solar prices have dropped dramatically in recent years, and now Energy Trust of Oregon is helping to lower them further. In the past, Energy Trust required that the solar resource be measured at the installation site—usually a rooftop. Energy Trust now allows contractors to use approved remote shading analysis tools. TheRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • EnergySage beefs up financing options in its system with BlueWave, Renew, Wunder

    As solar equipment and installation costs continue to fall, system ownership has become more accessible thanks to increasingly attractive solar loan options. Today, most solar loans quoted in the EnergySage Marketplace are conveniently offered to consumers via the installers themselves. However, since not all installers offer all loan products, someRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • New report offers plan to help states maximize solar power

    As interest in residential rooftop solar expands, utility commissions need to consider how to encourage solar growth while treating all customers — solar and non-solar alike — fairly. Can both goals be met simultaneously? Yes, but too few policymakers have the tools necessary to make informed decisions that meet thoseRead More — Solar Builder magazine