Tag: Featured
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Bidirectional EV charging is a big deal, but is it ready to roll?
When Ford unveiled the Lightning F150 in May of 2021, it revealed something fundamentally different: it was not just an EV, it was a battery on wheels. As someone who has sat through power outages with the equivalent of four Powerwalls-worth of batteries parked in my driveway, useless, Ford did what seems obvious now: it……
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Five solar + energy storage trends to watch in 2024
Jose Colom, applications engineer manager with SMA America, forecasts the most compelling trends and developments he expects to see in 2024. As the world continues its transition toward cleaner and more renewable energy sources, the trends in solar storage technology are poised to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our energy infrastructure….…
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What leads to bad solar customer reviews? | The Pitch
On a recent episode of The Pitch, a Solar Builder YouTube interview series, Editor-in-Chief Chris Crowell discusses marketing and selling home solar online — and the value of the online solar marketplace for local solar installation contractors — with Lockie Fleet, CEO of SolarReviews. SolarReviews is an online marketplace for home solar + storage that’s……
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Let’s get digital: Success in solar is tied to your tech stack
This article from Scott Nguyen, co-founder and CEO of Bodhi, was originally published in the Q3 issue of Solar Builder. Subscribe here for free. Digital transformation. Solar installers roll their eyes when they hear these two words, and I can’t blame them. They’re marketing buzzwords that the Accentures of the world use to sell their……
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IRA solar tax credit transfers explained for companies with low (or no) tax liability
This explainer was contributed by Laura Jones and Jason R. Eisenberg with Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP in Richmond, Va. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) significantly altered the landscape for the transferability of energy tax credits. The IRA added Section 6418 to the Internal Revenue Code, which permits eligible taxpayers (transferors) to transfer (sell) certain renewable……