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My solar output for this week in July 2012

  Here is the bar graph for this week (in July 2012). See August 2010 or Sept. 2010 for more details on my system.         Remember go to sungevity.com and put in my referral code 27596 for … Continue reading

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California goes solar!

Super-sunny news for California March 30th, 2011 On Tuesday, the California Assembly passed a law requiring utilities to get 33% of their power from renewable energy by 2020.  The 55-19 vote was what you’d have to call a landslide and … Continue reading

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10 myths about solar

Top 10 Solar Myths 1. Solar panels do not work in cold, cloudy places/states. UV light is all that’s needed and even the cloudiest of places have excelled. Germany, who ranks low in sunny days, is the solar energy capital … Continue reading

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Washing solar panels…

Luckily, I only had to get up on the roof once to wash the solar panels. They were thick from dust from all the work to set them up. I went up and washed them and here is a photo … Continue reading

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Another day of sun yesterday 10/14/10.

Here are the graphs for the day. 10/14/10.  Must of had some wayward clouds as you can see by the graph. Today has been cloudy most of the day, so tomorrow we can see that one. Also I want to … Continue reading

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